Rehearsal images are released today of the The Father and The Assassin, a gripping new play by Anupama Chandrasekhar, one of India’s most exciting playwrights, directed by Indhu Rubasingham, which opens in the Olivier Theatre in May.
The play traces Nathuram Godse’s life over 30 years during India’s fight for independence: from devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, through to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter. Shubham Saraf is cast as Godse alongside Paul Bazely as Gandhi.
The company also includes: Sagar Arya, Ankur Bahl, Ralph Birtwell, Ayesha Dharker, Marc Elliott, Ravin J Ganatra, Dinita Gohil, Halema Hussain, Irvine Iqbal, Nadeem Islam, Tony Jayawardena, Sakuntala Ramanee, Anish Roy, Sid Sagar, Akshay Shah, Peter Singh and Maanuv Thiara.
Set and costume design is by Rajha Shakiry, lighting design is by Oliver Fenwick and sound design is by Alex Caplen. Movement director is Lucy Cullingford, music composed by Siddhartha Khosla, music director is David Shrubsole, sound designer is Alexander Caplen, fight director is Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd, and dialect coach is Shereen Ibrahim. Staff Director is Gitika Buttoo.
The Father and The Assassin performs in the Olivier theatre from 12 May until 18 June. Press night is the 19th May.
Tickets are from £20 and can be purchased via the National Theatre Box Office
Access performances are as follows:
Audio Described performance: Saturday 11 June at 2pm with a Touch Tour at 12:30pm
BLS Interpreted performance: Friday 10 June at 7:30pm
Captioned performance: Saturday 4 June at 2pm
Smart Captioned glasses from Tuesday 24 May
