A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Overview of the production
In a townhouse in Copenhagen works Hans Christian Andersen, a teller of exquisite and fantastic children’s tales beloved by millions. But the true source of his stories dwells in his attic upstairs, her existence a dark secret kept from the outside world.
As dangerous, twisted and funny as his National Theatre and Broadway hit The Pillowman, Martin McDonagh’s new play travels deep into the abyss of the imagination.
“A magnificent wild-card, possibly McDonagh’s most magnetic work this century.”
Financial Times ★★★★
“It confirms that McDonagh is a genuine original with a talent to disturb.”
The Guardian ★★★★
“It is going to split opinions. I would go again. But, please, don’t take the children.”
The Times ★★★★
General Information
Ticket Prices
£65, £50, £35, £25, £15
Reduced prices for previews & midweek matinees
Premium tickets available
£15 day seats available from 10am at the box office in person – 1 ticket per person
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Performance Schedule
Monday to Saturday 7.45pm, Wednesday & Saturday 2.30pm
Length
1 hour 30 mins – no interval
Additional Information
Contains strong language, sexual references, explicit violence, gunshots and scenes people may find disturbing
From the programme
The In-Betweener
Fintan O'Toole
When he was 16, Martin McDonagh told his brother John a story based on an old folktale: A lonely little boy is on a bridge at dusk when a sinister man approaches. The man is driving a cart on the back of which are foul-smelling animal cages…
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By the Virtue of the Dark
Marina Warner
During the long nights of the North before electricity, darkness gathered in the forests and below the blind black surface of the fjords; but beyond observable reality, another kind of night reached deep down in the depths, where monsters…
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The Unfree Free State: An Overview of the History of the Congo
Mpalive-Hangson Msiska
One gets a better a sense of the Congo when the territory is seen in terms of its historical formation. Arguably, one of the most determining events for modern Congo was the late 19th-century founding of the Congo Free State by Belgium’s King…
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