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Age: General
Genre: Play
Sub Genre: Drama
Afterlife, a play by Michael Frayn tells the story of Max Reinhardt. One of the greatest impresarios of theatrical history, Reinhardt had a lifelong ambition – to dissolve the boundary between theatre and the world it portrays. Each year at the Salzburg festival he directed a famous morality play, Everyman, about God sending Death to summon a representative of mankind for judgment. The victim he chooses is a man who, like Reinhardt, rejoices in his wealth and all the pleasures that money can buy.
Then in 1938 Hitler declares his own day of reckoning and sends Death into Austria – whereupon Reinhardt, a Jew, is left as naked and vulnerable as Everyman himself. Michael Frayn’s Afterlife is the story of how Reinhardt achieves his great ambition; though in a way he can scarcely have foreseen.
Afterlife at the National Lyttelton stars Roger Allam, David Burke, Abigail Cruttenden, Peter Forbes, Glyn Grain, Selina Griffiths and David Schofield.
Roger Allam, in the role of Reinhardt, was last seen at the National Theatre in Michael Frayn's Democracy. Michael Frayn's other recent productions at the National were Copenhagen and Noises Off.
For more information about Afterlife at the National, read our First Night Feature.
Performance Details
- previews from: 03 Jun 2008
- opening night: 10 Jun 2008
- closing: 30 Aug 2008
show times: 19:30, Mats 14:15. In rep, check with theatre for performance dates.
ticket prices: £10-£41
Assisted Performances
captioned performance: By STAGETEXT on Sat 16 Aug at 14:15, tickets £12 T: 020 7452 3000 E: boxoffice@nationaltheatre.org.uk
audio described performance: By in-house on Fri 1 Aug at 19:30 & Sat 2 Aug at 14:15, tickets £12 T: 020 7452 3000 E: boxoffice@nationaltheatre.org.uk
cast: Roger Allam, David Baron, David Burke, Abigail Cruttenden, Peter Forbes, Glyn Grain, Selina Griffiths, Colin Haigh, Sarah Head, Nicholas Lumley, Elizabeth Marsh, Charlotte Melia, Hugh Osborne, Peter Prentice, David Schofield, Claire Winsper, Rupert Young
director: Michael Blakemore
sound: Paul Charlier
set designer: Peter Davison
lighting designer: Neil Austin
costume: Sue Wilmington
choreographer: Francesca Jaynes
producer: National Theatre
map: View Map
address: South Bank,London,United Kingdom,SE1 9PX
nearest tube: Waterloo (250m), Southwark
nearest bus: 76, 77, 211, 507, D1, D11, P11 (York Road)149, P11 (Stamford Street)1, 4, 26, 68, X68, 76, 168, 171, 171A, 176, 188, 501, 505, 521 (Waterloo Bridge)
nearest train: Waterloo (250m)
parking: 5 spaces reserved for orange badge holders at riverside end of Cottesloe Ave. 4 extra bays opposite Cottesloe theatre for evening performances. Car Park beneath theatre. Spaces reserved for disabled customers near lifts. Free parking voucher available from box office for orange badge holders (present ticket at information desk). Automatic doors and ramps from the Car Park to the lobby and lift.
air conditioned: Yes
Assisted Performance Booking Information
Access Booking: Tel 020 7452 3000Minicom 020 7452 3009 (Mon - Sat 10am - 6pm)Information Desk 020 7452 3400Theatre Manager’s office 020 7452 3281 Fax 020 7452 3030
Accessible Facilities Venue Information
discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people.
limited mobility: Row V of the Stalls is the most accessible area. Aisle seats have the most legroom.
access description: Main entrance reached from Upper Ground via Theatre Avenue to Theatre Square and a drop off point approx. 40m from main entrance. Box Office and information desk on left. No steps to back row of Stalls (1 step between rows). Glass Lift (80cm wide) up to Circle (or 22 steps up). 3 steep steps between rows in the Circle. Staircases between levels have handrails on both sides; stairs in the auditorium have one handrail.
hearing impaired: Infra-red system with headsets or neck loops. Collect headsets/loops from box offices. Induction loops at service counters.
guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not currently allowed in the auditorium, however staff are happy to dog sit. Dogs will be looked after in the cloakroom. Groups should contact the theatre manager’s office on 020 7452 3281.
wheelchairs: No steps to the back of the Stalls through entrances on either side of the Long bar. 4 spaces for wheelchair users in row V. Transfer seating available to aisle seats. Wheelchairs stored at back of auditorium.
toilets: Women’s and men’s at ground floor level and Circle level.
disabled toilets: Adapted WC next to right-hand Stalls entrance.
Roger Allam stars in Afterlife (photo: Conrad Blakmore)
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