In Person

Fanny & Alexander

21 Feb–14 Apr 2018

What you need to know

Dates

21 Feb–14 Apr 2018

About the show

‘…by the end of it, you will have seen every possible kind of adventure. The dead will speak and the living will fight and there will be swords, and horses, and magical speaking puppets. And a ghost. And a dog. And a naked lady. But first…’

The Ekdahls are a family of the theatre. Their lives are as messy and passionate as the characters they play onstage. Children Fanny and Alexander have grown up in this loving chaos surrounded by laughter. But when their widowed mother remarries the brutally cold local bishop, their world is turned upside down. In a battle of wills between freedom and repression, a story unfolds about the power of imagination and the endurance of a family’s love for each other.

Legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman’s rich, funny and humane masterpiece Fanny & Alexander is adapted for the stage by BAFTA award-winning writer Stephen Beresford and Old Vic Associate Director Max Webster.

The Cast

Penelope Wilton

Helena Ekdahl

Thomas Arnold

Carl Ekdahl/Mr. Landhal

Lolita Chakrabarti

Alma Ekdahl/Henrietta Vergérus

Kevin Doyle

Bishop Edvard Vergérus

Karina Fernandez

Lydia Ekdahl/Justina

Annie Firbank

Lydia Ekdahl/Justina

Matt Gavan

Michael Bergman/Aron Retzinsky

Tim Lewis

Ensemble

Gary Mackay

Ensemble

Gloria Obianyo

Petra Ekdahl/Pauline/Ismael Retzinsky

Vivian Oparah

Maj

Michael Pennington

Isak Jacobi/Death

Hannah James Scott

Ensemble

Jonathan Slinger

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Catherine Walker

Emilie Ekdahl

Sargon Yelda

Oscar Ekdahl

Zaris Angel Hator

Fanny

Amy Jayne

Fanny

Molly Shenker

Fanny

Katie Simons

Fanny

Guillermo Bedward

Alexander

Kit Connor

Alexander

Jack Falk

Alexander

Misha Handley

Alexander

Creative Team

Based On the Film ‘fanny and Alexander’ Written and Directed By

Ingmar Bergman

Stephen Beresford

Adaptation

Max Webster

Director

Tom Pye

Set Designer

Laura Hopkins

Costume Designer

Alex Baranowski

Composer

Mark Henderson

Lighting Designer

Tom Gibbons

Sound Designer

Jessica Ronane Cdg

Casting

Toby Sedgwick

Director of Movement

Ben Hart

Illusion

Tatty Hennessy

Baylis Assistant Director

Hannah Banister

Children’s Director