After Life (2023)

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Poster by Bryon Fear

by Jack Thorne, adapted from the film by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Directed by Mark Ireson

Performances: Tuesday 30 May to Saturday 3 June 2023, Old Fire Station


Introduction

In a bleak grey bureaucratic space the newly deceased get to pick the one memory they would like to endure within for eternity. In what the Guardian referred to as "an ode to stage management" we see a week of work in this bureaucratic limbo, as the newly deceased (the “guided”) worry over which memory to pick, while the resident staff (the “guides”, whose motto is “We make the impossible happen here") work out how best to recreate them. Jack Thorne’s play is adapted from the award-winning 1998 film written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Cast

Guides

Guided

Crew

Thanks

All the volunteers in the SLT box office, front of house and bar teams

Cal Beckett for the original ticket

Jess Osorio

Rebecca Vincent

Sarah and Robin at The Hope

National Theatre Archive

Janine Wunsche and the cast of True West

Dennis Fenton

Kelly Kim Clements

Charlotte Benstead

Owen Chidlaw, the bee’s knees of squeeze

…and a very special thank you to the directors, casts and crews of SLT’s forthcoming productions Gabriel, Shimmer, The Girl On The Train and The Railway Children for their unique contribution to this production.

Reviews

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Gallery

Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

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See Also

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