66 The Cut
Waterloo
London
SE1 8LZ
020 7922 2922
A Young Vic / Warwick Arts Centre co-production
by Nikolai Gogol
in a new version by David Harrower
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★
‘Tremendous... a bravura display of comic acting’
Metro
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‘Magnificent and bizarre’
What's on Stage
★ ★ ★ ★
'Gloriously grotesque and brilliantly funny'
The Independent
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Thrillingly original... Barratt's delivery is perfectly judged’
Evening Standard
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Kyle Soller is extraordinary’
The Guardian
‘An unforgettable, exuberant, virtuoso interpretation’
The Observer
‘Doon Mackichan is magnificent’
Daily Express
The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. A simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town in this biting moral satire.
Multiple Olivier Award winners Richard Jones (Annie Get Your Gun; The Good Soul of Szechuan; Anna Nicole) and David Harrower (Blackbird; Knives in Hens), Evening Standard Award-winning set designer Miriam Buether (Earthquakes in London; Sucker Punch) and Tony Award-nominated costume designer Nicky Gillibrand (Anna Nicole; Billy Elliot) team up for a new version of this classic comedy.
Featuring celebrated comic actors Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Doon Mackichan (Smack the Pony), plus the ‘superb’ Kyle Soller (Daily Telegraph on The Glass Menagerie).
7:30pm
Wednesday & Saturday matinees (not 4, 8 June): 2:30pm
Captioned: 7 July 7.30pm
Audio described: 9 July 2.30pm ((intro notes)
Duration: 2 hours 45 mins (including an interval)
Tickets: £10, £17.50, £25, £29.50
Previews: (3 - 8 June) £10 & £17.50
A limited number of discounts are available for each performance. Early booking is advised.
The Cut Bar & Restaurant at the Young Vic serves an inspired mix of classic and original play-themed dishes create an exciting menu from fresh, free-range and organic ingredients.
Barratt's break - from Mighty Boosh to nightly boards. The Independent's heads up on Government Inspector.
Time Out's Andrzej Lukowski talks to Julian Barratt about the show.
Doon Mackichan tells Metro's Claire Allfree 'I no longer care if I look like a prat.'
Director Richard Jones interviewed in the Evening Standard.
Direction Richard Jones
Design Miriam Buether
Costume Nicky Gillibrand
Light Mimi Jordan Sherin
Music & Sound David Sawer
Casting Julia Horan
Julian Barratt
Steven Beard
Louise Brealey
Jack Brough
Fergus Craig
Buffy Davis
Callum Dixon
Amanda Lawrence
Doon Mackichan
Bruce MacKinnon
Eric MacLennan
Simon Müller
Graham O’Mara
Kyle Soller
David Webber
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