Quartet: A Journey North

Showing at: Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Box Office: 0845 120 7511

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Drama

A documentary-style performance taking audiences deep into the motivations of the human mind.

Based on the chilling true stories of two Iranian murderers, A Journey North resembles a cool, detached police investigation. Beneath television screens projecting their own faces, four actors sit back to back and address the audience from their own isolated spaces, offering interwoven accounts from the two murderers and two relatives of the victims.

Quartet asks the question: What is it that makes an ordinary person become a murderer? 

Performed in Persian with English surtitles. 

Performance Details

  • opening night: 02 Dec 2008
  • closing: 06 Dec 2008

show times: Tue-Sat 19:45

ticket prices: £12

 

author: Amir Reza Koohestani and Mahin Sadri

director: Amir Reza Koohestani

producer: Mehr Theatre Group; Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels; Weiner Festwochen, Vienna; FestivalTheaterformen, Hanover; Holland Festival, Amsterdam

 

map: View Map

address: Silk Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2Y 8DS

nearest tube: Barbican/Moorgate (250m)

nearest bus: 153 (stops outside theatre), 8, 11, 23, 26, 35, 42, 43, 47, 48, 55, 56, 76, 78, 100, 133, 141, 149, 172, 214, 242, 243, 271, 344, 4 (Mon-Sat only), 21, 25, 521 (Mon-Fri only)

parking: Barbican Centre underground car park, with free parking for orange badge holders. Please present your car park ticket and your orange badge to the Duty Manager at the box office. You will be given a sticker entitling you to free parking. Park in Car Park 3 which is entered via Silk Street. Walkway to level -1. Car Park 3 has 3 spaces for disabled customers. Car Parks 4 and 5 are entered via Beech Street and linked by lift E. Look out for directional signs on pillars - the lifts could easily be missed.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Access Enquiries:020 7382 7348 Box Office:: 0845 120 7500 Minicom: 0207 382 7297 SMS: 020 7256 9577

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

limited mobility: The Pit is accessible via two sets of double doors (held open prior to performance) down a short ramp and through a further set of double doors.

access description: The Box Office (where pre paid tickets can be collected 60 minutes prior to performance) and Pit entrance can be found on Level -2 of the centre which is two levels down from the ground floor. There is a lift in the main foyer for access with low level controls, tactile buttons and voice announcements. The seating bank changes configuration depending on the performance and there may be four steps down to the thetare space, however there will always be flat access available down a short ramp. Approximately 10 steps between the front and rear of the seating block. Seats closer the front will have fewer steps to negotiate. Doors open 15min prior to performance.

hearing impaired: Sennheiser system with 30 headsets available.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs allowed inside the auditorium, alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit. Please phone the Box Office to discuss best seating arrangements.

wheelchairs: 2 spaces for wheelchair/scooter users at the front of the seating bank.

toilets: Men’s and women’s off the foyer.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet in the Pit foyer. Others throughout the centre.

legroom: The front row provides the best leg room.

food: Cafe on Level G, Bistro on Level 1 and Restaurant on Level 2. Each restaurant has its own adapted toilet. Drinks can be taken into the auditorium.

bars: Pit Foyer bar serves coffee and snacks. Soft drinks and ice creams can be brought into the auditorium, subject to performance. Cafe on Level G, Bistro on Level 1 and Restaurant on Level 2. Each restaurant has its own adapted toilet. Drinks can be taken into the auditorium.

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