Originally staged at the National Theatre, this critically acclaimed production breathes vivid life into Tolstoy's characters in a saga of love, youth, marriage and death.
Based on one of the greatest novels of all time, this stage-version beautifully explores human relationships across the generations against a backdrop of war.
Staged in 2 parts, War and Peace is so much more than a night at the theatre. It is an unmissable theatrical event.
If you have read the book, you will be staggered at the sheer skill displayed in translating the great work for the stage. If the novel is on your 'must-read' list, why not save yourself the time and see it live on stage instead?
Napoleon - Richard Attlee
Countess Rostova / Anna Pavlovna - Marion Bailey
Count Rostov / General Kutuzov - Geoffrey Beevers
Natasha Rostova - Louise Ford
Boris Dubretskoy - Theo Herdman
Pierre Bezukhov - Barnaby Kay
Prince Bolkonsky - Jeffery Kissoon
Basdaev / L'Hermitage Attendant / Karataev - Des McAleer
Anatole Kuragin / Petya Rostov - Hywel Morgan
Lisa Bolkonskaya / Sonya Rostova - Sophie Roberts
Hélène Kuragina/ Mlle Bourienne - Vinette Robinson
Andrei Nikolayevich - David Sturzaker
Prince Vasili Kuragin / Dolohov - Simon Thorp
Princess Maria Bolkonskaya - Katie Wimpenny
Nikolai Rostov - Jonathan Woolf
Director - Nancy Meckler
Director - Polly Teale
Set Designer - Angela Simpson
Costume Designer - Yvonne Milnes
Lighting Designer - Chris Davey
Composer and Sound Designer - Peter Salem
Movement Director - Liz Ranken
Set and Costume design for this production based on original designs by Bunny Christie
Darlington Civic
28 Feb - 2 Mar
Box Office: 01325 405 405
Bath Theatre Royal
5 - 9 Mar
Box Office: 01225 448844
Warwick Arts Centre
13 - 16 Mar
Box Office: (024) 7652 4524
Oxford Playhouse
27 - 30 Mar
Box Office: 01865 305305
Truro Hall for Cornwall
3 - 6 Apr
Box Office: 01872 262466
Hampstead Theatre
10 Apr - 11 May
Box Office: 020 7722 9301
Cheltenham Everyman
15 - 18 May
Box Office: 01242 572 573
★★★★
'Shared Experience's magnificent production... The central performances are immaculate... THIS IS TRIUMPHANT THEATRE'
Sunday Times'REMARKABLE... UNMISSABLE... TRIUMPHANT'
The Daily Telegraph'There is a great deal to enjoy here, particularly if you are a newcomer to the Shared Experience style, which has a miraculous ability to articulate the unspoken and animate the psychological.
I found myself swept up by Tolstoy's glorious humanity, Edmundson's unflinching tragic vision and directors Nancy Meckler and Polly Teale, who create stage pictures that melt into each other like snowflakes.'
'A vibrant, involving immediacy... the production shines'
The Times