The European Premiere of Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns is currently playing at the Almeida Theatre. Associate Director of the Almeida Theatre Robert Icke directs, following the success of 1984 which has transferred to the West End.
The company includes Fiona Digney, Adrian der Gregorian, Demetri Goritsas, Adey Grummet, Michael Henry, Justine Mitchell, Wunmi Mosaku, Annabel Scholey, Michael Shaeffer and Jenna Russell.
Mr Burns is designed by Tom Scutt who most recently worked on the Almeida’s current production of King Charles III. Philip Gladwell designs the lighting, sound designed by Tom Gibbons, with joint composition and musical direction by Orlando Gough and Michael Henry.
It's the end of everything in contemporary America. A future without power. But what will survive?
Mr Burns asks whether the stories we tell make us the people we are, explodes the boundaries between pop and high culture and, when society has crumbled, imagines the future of America's most famous TV family.
Due to popular demand performances of Mr Burns have been extended to Saturday 26 July. Tickets for the extension period are now on sale. See almeida.co.uk for further information.
