Photo Coverage: THE LIGHT PRINCESS First Peek!

THE LIGHT PRINCESS opens this week at The National Theatre, following its previews!

It features Rosalie Craig as Althea, Amy Booth-Steel as Piper, Nick Hendrix as Digby, David Langham as Flowers, Hal Fowler as King Ignacio, Ben Thompson as Zephyrus, and Kane Oliver Parry as Llewelyn.

Once, in opposing kingdoms lived a princess and a prince who had lost their mothers. Althea, unable to cry, became light with grief and floated, and so was locked away. Digby became so heavy-hearted that he could never smile, and so was trained as a warrior.

One day, he declares war. Althea is forced out of hiding and down to ground but, in defiance of her father, she escapes, only to encounter the solemn prince on contested land. Beside a lake the warring heirs begin a passionate and illicit affair. But for Althea to find real love, she must first confront the world's darkness and face her own deepest fears.

THE LIGHT PRINCESS

A new musical

music and lyrics by Tori Amos

book and lyrics by Samuel Adamson

Directed by Marianne Elliott

Designed by Rae Smith

National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre

The Light Princess opens on 9 October 2013

Photo credit: Brinkhoff/Mögenburg