What is truth without power?
Matt Smith stars in the critically acclaimed An Enemy of the People, Thomas Ostermeier’s bold reimagining of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen. Doubt spreads faster than disease in Ibsen’s thought-provoking play about truth in a society driven by power and money.
When Dr. Stockmann makes an unbelievable discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he holds the future of the town in his hands, but those with everything to lose refuse to accept his word. As the battle goes beyond contaminated water, barriers are broken in this contemporary production as Ostermeier shows us why this perennial class will be relevant forever.
Making his West End debut, celebrated director Thomas Ostermeier‘s iconoclastic production of An Enemy of the People plays at the Duke of York’s Theatre for a strictly limited run from 6 February 2024.
Access performances
Tues 12 March at 7.30pm - BSL Interpreted Tues 19 March at 7.30pm - Audio Described
2 hours 15 mins including interval
6th February, 2024
13th April, 2024
TBC
By: Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer
Director: Thomas Ostermeier
Cast list: Matt Smith (as Dr. Thomas Stockmann), Jessica Brown Findlay (as Katharina Stockmann), Priyanga Burford (as Aslaksen), Zachary Hart (as Billing), Paul Hilton (as Peter Stockmann), Nigel Lindsay (as Morten Kiil), Shubham Saraf (as Hovstad)
Design: Jan Pappelbaum
Costumes: Natasha Jenkins
Lighting: Urs Schönebaum
Sound: Ben and Max Ringham
Other info: Wall paintings by Katharina Ziemke, original costume design by Nina Wetzel, original lighting design by Erich Schneider, original sound design by Malte Beckenbach and Daniel Freitag
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Charing Cross Road) 24, 29, 176; (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139
Night bus numbers: (Charing Cross Road) 24, 176, N5, N20, N29, N41, N279; (Strand) 6, 23, 139, N9, N15, N11, N13, N21, N26, N44, N47, N87, N89, N91, N155, N343, N551
Car park: Chinatown (5mins)
Directions from tube: (5mins) Take Charing Cross Road to St Martin’s Court, head down until the end and then take a right onto St Martin’s Lane until you reach the theatre on your right.
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