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A Disappearing Number
Complicite's multi-award-winning play which begins with one of the most mysterious and romantic collaborations of all time.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
A Disappearing Number
Novello Theatre, Aldwych, LondonStaged with Complicite’s characteristic elegance and startling visual originality, A Disappearing Number takes as its starting point one of the most mysterious and romantic collaborations of all time. In London a man attempts to unravel the secrets of his lover. In Bangalore a woman collapses on a train. In 1914 Englishman GH Hardy, Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, seeks to comprehend the ideas of the Indian prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan.
A Disappearing Number weaves a provocative theatrical pattern about our relentless compulsion to understand.
When A Disappearing Number was originally staged, it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play.
A Disappearing Number has been staged in Germany, Holland, Spain, France, Italy, Australia and arrives in London following performances in India and the United States.
This revival of A Disappearing Number reunites the show’s original cast.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: David Annen, Firdous Bamji, Paul Bhattacharjee, Hiren Chate, Divya Kasturi, Chetna Pandya, Saskia Reeves, Shane Shambhu
director: Simon McBurney
music by: Nitin Sawhney
sound: Christopher Shutt
lighting designer: Paul Anderson
costume: Christina Cunningham
designer: Michael Levine
producer: , barbicanbite07, Ruhrfestspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival, in association with Theatre Royal Plymouth
Ticket Prices:
£10-£45
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Drama
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Wed & Sat 14:30
- Duration: 1h55
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0844 482 5170 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Novello Theatre
Aldwych, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 4LD
- Nearest tube: Covent Garden (approx. 300m) Charing Cross (approx. 600m) Holborn (approx. 600m)
- Nearest bus: 6, 13, 19, 77a
- Nearest train: Charing Cross
- Parking: NCP in Drury Lane.
- Air conditioned: 1
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel: 0844 482 5137
- Telephones: BT card phone in the Doubles Bar up 2 steps.
- Discounts: Discounts available for disabled customers and their companions
- Limited mobility: Only 10 steps to rear of Dress Circle.
- Access description: 5 steps into the foyer through swing double doors. Box office on the left. To get to Stalls there are 20 steps. 10 steps up to Dress Circle seating. Staircases are highlighted and have handrails.
- Hearing impaired: Infrared system in the auditorium
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not allowed into the auditorium, but cloakroom staff can look after them.
- Wheelchairs: Separate access for wheelchair users off Catherine Street. 4 steps down inside the door. 2 spaces for wheelchair users in Box A. Venue not suitable for scooters. However, theatre provides transfer seats for 2 wheelchair/lightweight scooters in total per performance. Transfer seats are available at A32, A33, A10 and A11 in the Dress Circle (view better on right hand side). Each wheelchair user must bring a non-disabled companion.
- Toilets: Men's and Women's toilets at Stalls, Dress and Upper Circle levels.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilet to the right of the Dress Circle
- Bars: There are four licensed bars. Sam's Bar is situated behind the foyer down 7 steps although there is street access from Catherine Street via a ramp. The Shubert Bar is up 29 steps from the foyer. Ivor's Bar at the back of the stalls is down 2 steps and through the auditorium then a further 3 steps. The Waldorf Bar services the Grand Circle (up 17 steps) and Balcony (8 steps down).
