National Theatre Associate Alexander Zeldin writes and directs The Confessions, which will play with music composed by founding member and lead vocalist of Foals, Yannis Philippakis.
Following hours of interviews with his mother in 2019, Alexander Zeldin brings a real life to the stage, sweeping from Australia in 1943 to London in 2021 and chronicling a tale for self-realisation against the times. Playing out over the tumultuous decades of the second half of the 20th Century, we follow Alice’s complex relationships as they become a common thread in this intimate portrait of a life.
This play marks Alexander Zeldin’s return to the National Theatre since his Inequalities plays Beyond Caring, LOVE and Faith, Hope and Charity.
Featuring a cast that includes Eryn Jean Norvill and Pamela Rabe as they make their UK stage debuts, the company is completed by Joe Bannister, Amelda Brown, Jerry Killick, Lilit Lesser, Brian Lipson, Gabrielle Scawthorn and Yasser Zadeh.
A Zeldin Company was founded in 2019 with international collaborations at its core and began by touring the work of Zeldin’s Inequalities trilogy to Europe and beyond.
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX from 19 October until 4 November 2023. Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees 2pm. Admission: £20 – £89.
Booking: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
