Six Characters In Search Of An Author transfers to the Gielgud

Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search Of An Author, will transfer  from Chichester to the Gielgud Theatre. The play will preview from the September 10th for a limited run until  November 8th.

Priandello Updated

Pirandello’s 1921 classic has been ‘re-imaged’ by Ben Power and Rupert Goold. The play has been updated and adapted for a modern audience. I’d really like to see this. This new production has been very well received at Chichester.  It is a play I know well in its original form and have enjoyed in the past. I am sure it will be interesting to see what this team have made of it.

Six Characters in search of a film editor?

The play still tells the story of  six strangers but now they arrive unannounced during the editing of a documentary film. As their chilling story unfolds it becomes clear that they are fictional characters and they want the film maker to make their story into a documentary. The play questions both fiction and reality and I can see how this could work well for our media-obsessed age.

The Chichester Cast

Ian McDiarmid

Noma Dumezweni

Jamie Bower

Eleanor David

Dyfan Dwyfor

Christine Entwisle

Denise Gough

Jake Harders

Jeremy Joyce

John Mackay

Freya Parker

Robin Pearce