In Person

Future Conditional

01 Sep–03 Oct 2015

What you need to know

Dates

01 Sep–03 Oct 2015

ABOUT THE SHOW

Past imperfect. Present tense.

The Old Vic presents Future Conditional, a bracingly topical and boisterously funny new play directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Rob Brydon, with a cast of 24 young performers.

Future Conditional tackles the conundrum of British schooling through a myriad of characters including parents, teachers, and Alia, a prodigiously bright young Pakistani refugee and the newest member of the Education Commission. There are big questions to answer: how do we make the system fair? Do we even want to try? And is anyone ready to take lessons from a schoolgirl…?

Written by acclaimed playwright Tamsin Oglesby (The Mouse and His Child; Really Old, Like 45), Future Conditional proves that when it comes to education, weve all got a lot to learn.

Rob Brydon’s television and film credits include Marion and Geoff and Human Remains (for which he won two British Comedy Awards). Theatre includes The Painkiller (Lyric Theatre, Belfast) and A Chorus of Disapproval (Harold Pinter Theatre).

Additional content
We spoke to Tamsin Oglesby about writing Future Conditional, playground peer pressure and her favourite teacher. Read the Q&A.

Rob Brydon spoke to us about what attracted him to the play, his school memories and working at the Old Vic. Watch the interview.

The Cast

Rob Brydon

Crane

Matthew Aubrey

David

Peta Cornish

Sarah

Alex Clatworthy

Kate

Amy Dawson

Kaye

Sam Jenkins-Shaw

Richard

Natalie Klamar

Suzy

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Rob

Louis Martin

Ed

Sukh Ojla

Samira

Lucy Briggs-Owen

Hettie

Bill Parfitt

Matt

Nikki Patel

Alia

Sandra Reid

Meg

Carla Langley

Niamh

Joshua McGuire

Oliver

Sofia Stuart

Anna

Brian Vernel

Bill

Ben Lochrie

Musician

Carmen Vandenberg

Musician

Natasha Cottriall

Ensemble

Jennifer English

Ensemble

Howard Perret

Ensemble

Eleanor Sutton

Ensemble

Louisa Beadel

Ensemble

Creative Team

Tamsin Oglesby

Writer

Matthew Warchus

Director

Rob Howell

Design

Annabel Bolton

Co-director

Christopher Nightingale

Composer & Arranger

Hugh Vanstone

Lighting

Simon Baker

Sound

Jessica Ronane CDG

Casting