Olivier Theatre London
The Olivier Theatre in London is the current theatre venue for the play The Comedy Of Errors
The Comedy Of Errors, William Shakespeare's furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary worldat the Olivier Theatre in London into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time.
Two sets of twins who were separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a very grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a strange land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of both wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities are everywhere.
Consistently recognised by total strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to be put to death at sunset.
Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse in this production.
Theatre tickets to all performances of The Comedy Of Errors at the Olivier Theatre in London are available to book securely through this website
The Olivier Theatre in London was named after the theatre's first artistic director Laurence Olivier, and is the main auditorium in the Royal National Theatre, It was modelled on the ancient Greek theatre at Epidaurus and has an open stage and a fan-shaped audience seating area for 1,160 people.
The Royal National Theatre is generally known as the National Theatre and more commonly as The National in London is one of the UK's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the RSC. Internationally, it is styled the National Theatre Of Great Britain.
From 1963 until 1976, the company was based at the Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo. The current building was designed by architects Peter Softley and Sir Denys Lasdun and contains three stages, which opened individually between 1976 and 1977. It is located next to the River Thames in the South Bank area of central London.
Since 1988, the theatre has been permitted to call itself the Royal National Theatre, but the full title is hardly ever used. The National presents a varied programme, including works from Shakespeare and other international classic drama as well as new plays by contemporary playwrights. Each auditorium in the theatre can run up to three shows in repertoire, thus further widening the number of plays which can be put on during any single season.
In the 2009-2010 season, the theatre began National Theatre Live (NTLive!), a program of simulcasts of live productions to movie theatre venues in other cities, first in the United Kingdom and then internationally. The first season, it broadcast productions of three seperate plays. In the 2010-2011 season, it is adding broadcast productions by other companies, in partnership with both Complicite and the Donmar Warehouse.
Theatre tickets for all performances at the Olivier Theatre in London can be purchased securely through this website.