'Six Characters' to Transfer to the West End

"Six Characters In Search Of An Author" by Luigi Pirandello with a new translation by Rupert Goold, which is currently playing at Chichester's Minerva theatre is set to transfer to the West End's Gielgud theatre. The play will transfer with the original cast and open September 10th.

Premiered in Rome in 1921, Luigi Pirandello's innovative and probing drama changed theatre's perception of itself and is regarded as a
master work by a master dramatist.

"Six Characters in Search of an Author" blurs the border between fiction and life, between the stage and the world outside. Now updated and re-contextualised for the twenty-first century, it is a sinister parable for a media-obsessed age and an exhilarating exploration of how we define ourselves and what we call 'reality'.

"Six Characters in Search of an Author" is directed by Rupert Goold whose production of Macbeth was the runaway hit of Festival 07 andvwent on to play sell-out seasons in London and New York. He is Artistic Director of Headlong Theatre.

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