Elegy

by Nick Payne

Originally produced at Donmar Warehouse, London, United Kingdom

April 21 - June 18, 2016

About the Premiere Production:

(Pictured: Zoë Wanamaker and Barbara Flynn. Photograph: Johan Persson)

What if every neuron in the human brain could be mapped and decoded? Every act of human behaviour catalogued and wholly understood? Elegy imagines a very-near future in which radical and unprecedented advances in medical science mean that it’s now possible to augment and extend life.

Through the beautiful and moving story of three women who’ve made the choice between love and survival, Elegy explores a world in which the brain is no longer a mystery to us. But at what cost?

Cast: Barbara Flynn, Nina Sosanya, Zoë Wanamaker

Director: Josie Rourke

Designer: Tom Scutt

Lighting Designer: Paule Constable

Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson for Autograph

News:

• "Elegy," The Guardian, April 28, 2016
• "Theatre: Elegy, Donmar Warehouse, WC2," The Times, April 28, 2016
• "Elegy review – Zoë Wanamaker is superb in Nick Payne's soulful play about science," The Guardian, April 28, 2016