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    30 Sep 2009

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Life Is A Dream

Showing at: Donmar Warehouse

Box Office: 0870 060 6624

Download (pdf format): Seating plan

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Play (Drama)

Life Is A Dream explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny, set against the backdrop of a mythical kingdom. 

To protect the country from the horrors prophesied, Segismundo is condemned for all eternity. Banished to a secret world high in the mountains and cut off from the sun, he can only dream of a life reversed, of palaces, empires, freedom and revenge.

Life Is A Dream is a poetic, epic play by 17th century Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca, in a new version by Helen Edmundson, the acclaimed adaptor of Coram Boy at the National Theatre and the author of plays Flying and The Clearing.

Dominic West makes his Donmar Warehouse debut playing Segismundo in Life Is A Dream. The British actor has numerous credits on the London stage - including Rock 'N' Roll, The Voysey Inheritance and As You Like It - but recently he has become better known for playing a lead role in hit US television series The Wire, which broadcast in the UK this year. The actor returns to London to take on this mythical role. 

For more about Life Is A Dream, read the First Night Feature or Big Interview with Rupert Evans.

 

Performance Details

  • previews from: 08 Oct 2009
  • opening night: 13 Oct 2009
  • closing: 28 Nov 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Thu & Sat 14:30

ticket prices: £13-£29

duration: 2h30

Assisted Performances

captioned performance: By STAGETEXT on Wed 18 Nov at 19:30, tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

audio described performance: By VocalEyes on Sat 14 Nov at 14:30 (Touch Tour 13:30), tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

sign language interpreted performance: By Jacqui Beckford on Mon 23 Nov at 19:30, tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

cast: Rupert Evans, Kate Fleetwood, David Horovitch, Lloyd Hutchinson, Sharon Small, David Smith, Malcolm Storry, Dylan Turner, Dominic West

author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca

director: Jonathan Munby

sound: Dominic Haslam

lighting designer: Neil Austin

designer: Angela Davies

producer: Donmar Warehouse

map: View Map

Access Enabled Map (pdf format):
View The Donmar Warehouse Access Enabled Map

address: Earlham Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9LX

nearest tube: Covent Garden (275m)

nearest bus: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176

parking: Westminter City Council car park at Cambridge Circus. NCP at Drury Lane and Upper St Martin's Lane. Meters in Earlham Street and Mercer Street. 1 Disabled parking bay outside theatre.

air conditioned: Yes

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0871 297 5477

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts available for disabled theatregoers and their companions.

limited mobility: Aisle seats have the most legroom, except row A in the Stalls. C9 and C30 in the Stalls have unlimited legroom.

access description: A portable ramp can be placed over the 15cm step into entrance on Earlham Street. Box office counter is straight ahead from the Earlham Street entrance. Lift up to all floors of the auditorium, to the right of the box office counter. All staircases have handrails on both sides and steps are highlighted. Stalls up 26 steps from the foyer and have one step between rows. Circle up 48 steps from the foyer, with one step between rows. The Stalls is level, the Circle is raked.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 8 headsets. Headsets can be collected from the Box Office. Returnable deposit of credit card or driving licence required. Portable induction loop at the Box Office.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed in the auditorium, alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit. The theatre can accommodate 4 guide dogs per performance.

wheelchairs: Slight slope up from the lift to the back of the Stalls. 1 space for a wheelchair user in the Stalls. Up to 4 wheelchair transfer seats available. Wheelchair/Scooters are stored beside the Box Office.

toilets: Women’s and men’s off the Circle bar, off the foyer and 4 steps up from the Stalls.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet off Circle bar.

bars: 2 licensed bars. No steps to both the Stalls and the Circle bars. Both have fixed seating and limited space. Drinks may be taken into the auditorium in plastic cups, or brought to customers.

Kate Fleetwood in Life Is A Dream at the Donmar Warehouse (Photo: Johan Persson)

Kate Fleetwood in Life Is A Dream at the Donmar Warehouse (Photo: Johan Persson)

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