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The most acclaimed new play of the decade transfers to Wyndham's Theatre for eight weeks only.
Now eighty years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas and he can't find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he's losing control...
The Father is the winner of France's highest theatrical honour, the 2014 Moliere Award for Best Play, and in Christopher Hampton's crisp and witty translation, has dazzled audiences and critics alike at the Theatre Royal Bath and the Tricycle Theatre. It has received an unprecedented eight five star reviews from major national newspaper critics.
Tony and Olivier Award nominees, Kenneth Cranham and Claire Skinner reprise their indelible performances for sixty one performances only.
"My play – and production - of the year. Devastating drama" - Mail on Sunday
"The Father is a revelation, as sharp and surprising a play as you'll see all year" - Times
"The acting is masterly" - Daily Mail
"Florian Zeller's stunning play" - Evening Standard
- Address
32 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0DA
- Duration
The running time of The Father is 1 hour and 35 minutes with no interval.
- Times
Monday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Thursday & Saturday: 2.30pm
- Where Do I Go
Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA
How to get there:
Train: Charing Cross (approx. 200m)
Tube: Leicester Square (next to theatre), Charing Cross (approx. 600m), Holborn (approx. 600m)
Bus: 24, 29, 176
Wyndham's Theatre
32 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0DA
Latest critic reviews
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"The Father, a super-smart, finally heart-breaking play by the Frenchman Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton – now transferring to the West End after its Bath premiere last year – will speak to anyone who has watched a relative disappear off into clouds of unknowingness, and to anyone who dreads the terrifying loss of identity caused by cruel diseases such as Alzheimer’s. In an age that can prolong our lives without ring-fencing our mental faculties, that’s almost everyone. ... Punctuated by frantic, increasingly fractured samples of Bach partitas, this 90-minute marvel wings us with a nightmarish logic from an atmosphere of Kafkaesque comedy with a dash of Pinteresque menace to a place of singular horror. I’d say it was “unforgettable” if this unqualified triumph didn’t load that superlative with long-lingering, chilling doubt. "
The Telegraph
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"There’s no reason why the raves should abate now it has deservedly hit the West End: it is terrifying and brilliant in its portrait of Alzheimer’s from the inside. ...Scene follows scene with changes of face, biographical data and even furniture; sometimes a strand shows some consistency, only to be snapped by a difference of detail. The nature of theatre itself puts us inside the confusion, and we naturally empathise as André grows quieter and sadder, neglecting even to change out of his pyjamas. Piano music between scenes is similarly discontinuous ...Anyone who has ever considered such a condition either in themselves or another will be at once gripped and shaken by this remarkable play. I repeat: terrifying and brilliant."
Financial Times
