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A Number – Nuffield Theatre: 19 to 29th August 2015
August 19, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
A Number Nuffield Theatre | 19th August 2015 – 29th August 2015
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Admission Type: Paid
Top 10 theatre of 2014 (The Guardian)
“Punchy, compact and endlessly inquisitive…” ★★★★★
The Guardian
“Superb stuff; a revival that makes you see a modern classic anew.” ★★★★
The Telegraph
“Caryl Churchill’s tightly focused play… still feels strikingly contemporary” ★★★★
WhatsOnStage
“… Agonisingly authentic…” ★★★★
The Sunday Times
“We’ve got 99% the same genes as any other person.
We’ve got 30% the same as a lettuce. Does that cheer you up at all?”
Bernard thinks he’s an only child. At the age of 35, he learns otherwise. Discovering the results of a scientific experiment that left him as one of “a number”, Bernard confronts his father, Salter. Identities are challenged, but how will Salter reveal the true events of the past? And more importantly, which Bernard is the original?
A Number, written by leading British playwright, Caryl Churchill, asks human questions of a complex scientific debate, not least the moral and human dilemmas when experimentation gets out of control. Churchill pushes the boundaries of scientific possibility to put an astonishing twist on parental guilt and sibling rivalry, on the nature/nurture debate and even the idea of free will.
In a bold new design, audiences will be at the heart of the action, seated on stage surrounding the actors, offering them a unique experience of the play.
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Website Address: http://www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/a-number-1
Contact Email: boxoffice@nuffieldtheatre.co.uk
Contact Telephone: 023 80671771
