People, Places & Things
By Duncan Macmillan
a co-production with Gavin Kalin Productions, Mark Gordon Pictures/Eilene Davidson Productions, Seaview and Second Half Productions
Booking and details
Performances:
Mon – Sat evenings at 7.30pm
Wed and Sat matinees at 2.30pm
All ticket sales are managed by ATG Tickets. For more information, visit the Trafalgar Theatre website.
Duncan Macmillan’s intoxicating hit play People, Places & Things, directed by Jeremy Herrin (Best of Enemies, This House) and designed by Tony Award®-winner Bunny Christie (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), makes a triumphant return to London this May.
Denise Gough reprises her Olivier Award-winning role as Emma, a struggling actress whose life is spinning recklessly out of control.
Gough’s ‘explosive and fearless performance’ (Hollywood Reporter) has garnered acclaim in London and New York, with critics hailing her performance as ‘stunning’ (Time Out), ‘ingenious’ (The New York Times) and ‘unmissable’ (Evening Standard).
Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she’s smart enough to know that there’s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?
Strictly limited 14-week season begins 3rd May.
The original National Theatre and Headlong production.
Reviews for the original production in London and New York
‘Denise Gough is spectacular. Thrilling, devastating…endlessly inventive’
The New York Times, Critics’ Pick
‘A vivid, no-holds-barred star turn…. Gough gives an explosive, wildly emotional performance’
New York Daily News
‘Denise Gough’s explosive and fearless performance keeps you glued.’
Hollywood Reporter
‘Powerful. Provocative. Thrilling. Denise Gough is stunning. A titanic performance.’
Time Out
‘A remarkable, truthful performance… awe-inspiring and utterly convincing.’
Evening Standard
‘A heady cocktail of fantasy and reality. Transfixing.’
The Times
Gallery
West End production images (2016)
Video
Suitability
Age recommendation: 14+
Contains strong language and references to drugs.
Strobe lighting effects will also be used.
Cast
Russell Anthony
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things (at Trafalgar Theatre)
Holly Atkins
Charlotte / Ensemble
Holly Atkins
Sinéad Cusack
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things at Trafalgar Theatre, Our Lady of Sligo and Juno and the Paycock (also the Abbey, Dublin)
Denise Gough
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things (also West End and at St Ann’s Warehouse, New York) and Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches and America Part Two: Perestroika (also Broadway)
Ryan Hutton
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things (at Trafalgar Theatre)
Malachi Kirby
Mark
Malachi Kirby
Danny Kirrane
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things (at Trafalgar Theatre) and The History Boys
Dillon Scott-Lewis
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things (at Trafalgar Theatre)
Kevin McMonagle
For the National Theatre: After Life and People, Places & Things (also West End and at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn)
Ayọ̀ Owóyẹmi-Peters
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things at Trafalgar Theatre
Louise Templeton
For the National Theatre: People, Places & Things at Trafalgar Theatre
Paksie Vernon
Jodi / Ensemble
Paksie Vernon
Production team
Writer
Duncan Macmillan
Duncan Macmillan
Duncan Macmillan is an award-winning writer and director.
Director
Jeremy Herrin
Jeremy Herrin
For the National Theatre: After Life; The Visit; The Plough and the Stars; Statement of Regret; People, Places & Things, This House.
Set Designer
Bunny Christie
Bunny Christie
For the National Theatre: London Tide, After Life, The Welkin, People, Places & Things (also West End and St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York), The Red Barn, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and Broadway; Olivier and Tony Awards), Emil and the Detectives, The White Guard, The Cherry Orchard and Comedy of Errors
Costume Designer
Christina Cunningham
Christina Cunningham
Lighting Designer
James Farncombe
James Farncombe
For the National: Phaedra, People, Places and Things (also in the West End, on UK tour and St Ann’s Warehouse, NY), When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Plough and the Stars, Man and Superman, Three Winters, Edward II, People, The Magistrate, London Road, Juno and the Paycock, Men Should Weep and Double Feature.
Music
Matthew Herbert
Matthew Herbert
Matthew Herbert is an award-winning composer, artist, producer and writer
Sound Designer
Tom Gibbons
Tom Gibbons
Tom Gibbons is a sound designer and composer for theatre, musical theatre, film and live installation.
Video Designer
Andrzej Goulding
Andrzej Goulding
Movement
Polly Bennett
Polly Bennett
Polly Bennett trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the National Youth Theatre.
Casting
Jessica Ronane CDG CSA
Jessica Ronane CDG CSA
Jessica’s career in casting began with Billy Elliot the Musical and a nationwide search to find potential Billy Elliots.
Original Casting
Wendy Spon
Wendy Spon
Ticket prices
Tickets from £20
Groups Rates
Monday to Thursday evenings
Groups of 10+ – £45 per ticket on Band A and B tickets
Exclusions: Weeks commencing 27 May, 22 July, 29 July and 5 August.
Thursday matinees
Groups of 10+ – £39.50 per ticket on Band A and B tickets
Exclusions: Weeks commencing 27 May, 22 July, 29 July and 5 August.
Education Rates
Groups 10+ – £25 per ticket plus 1 free teacher per 10 paying students (11th ticket)
Valid on seats in the Circle only on Monday-Thursday evening performances. Valid on seats in the Stalls on Thursday matinee performances.
Exclusions: Weeks commencing 27 May, 22 July, 29 July and 5 August.
Groups/Schools Bookings via Trafalgar: 0207 206 1174.
Calls to 02 & 03 numbers are charged at standard geographic rate and are included in any call plan minutes.
Assisted performances
Audio-described performances:
Saturday 13 July, 2.30pm & Thursday 25 July, 7.30pm
British Sign Language Interpreted performance:
Saturday 20 July, 2.30pm
Captioned performances:
Saturday 6 July, 2.30pm & Tuesday 16 July, 7.30pm
Access tickets are bookable via Trafalgar Theatre only.
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Artwork photography by Matt Humphrey. Artwork design by Bob King Creative