Fanny & Alexander
21 Feb–14 Apr 2018
What you need to know
Dates
21 Feb–14 Apr 2018About 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