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Gillian Lynne Theatre
166 Drury Ln, London WC2B 5PW, United Kingdom London
THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING BEST PLAY RETURNS TO LONDON
The landmark National Theatre and Neal Street production of The Lehman Trilogy, directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award®, and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, returns to the Gillian Lynne Theatre for a strictly limited encore season this autumn. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a genuinely epic production', The Lehman Trilogy is a sweeping story of a family spanning generations and a company that changed the world.
John Heffernan, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown bring their ‘virtuosic performances’(The Mercury News) to London, following a critically acclaimed run in San Francisco, playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons in this thrilling ‘tour de force of acting talent.’(KQED Radio)
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish - Lehman Brothers - spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history.
__Assisted Perfromances:__
Captioned: Monday 28th October 7pm and Saturday 7th December 1pm.
Audio described: Saturday 30th November 1pm and Friday 3rd January 7pm.
BSL: Saturday 16th November 1pm.
The Lehman Trilogy - - West End Cast
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The magic of Es Devlin's rotating Wall Street office and Sam Mendes's epic directorial vision truly come alive
8 / 10
As a more intimate theatrical space, Gillian Lynne theatre fully waves the magic of Es Devlin’s rotating Wall Street office and Sam Mendes’s epic directorial hands: Philip’s (Heffernan) wisdom and “strategy” presented through the three-card monte, Bobbie’s (Krohn) epic dance into his grave, and the contrasting scene where Overshown plays several bankers’ suicides when Bobbie was courting the once-divorced Ruth. Cat Beveridge’s piano triumphs not simply as the soundscape, but as a symbol of New York as the magical music box, easily stirring your emotion.
This epic, impeccably delivered family drama is a boundary-smashing tour-de-force
8 / 10
Despite the drama, the production has a simplicity to it and flows like a lullaby. Accompanied throughout by Cat Beveridge on piano, it sometimes has the feel of a silent film. Staged on Es Devlin’s marvellous glass box set that houses a boardroom cluttered with packing boxes and office chairs and turns slowly on its axis, it is a wonder to behold.
The Lehman Trilogy History
Other Productions of The Lehman Trilogy
| 2018 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
Park Avenue Armory North American Premiere Off-Broadway |
| 2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2023 | West End |
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