⭐ THE PRESIDENT – IRISH PREMIERE ANNOUNCED FOR THE GATE THEATRE – STARRING OLWEN FOUÉRÉ & HUGO WEAVING ⭐
The Gate Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company will present the Irish Premiere of Thomas Bernhard’s classic THE PRESIDENT starring Olwen Fouéré and Hugo Weaving, it has been announced.
The first ever co-production between the Gate Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, THE PRESIDENT will open at the Gate Theatre on Thursday 8th February before transferring to Sydney for a run from Saturday 13th April.
For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and creative team will be drawn equally from the finest Irish and Australian theatre-making talents to create a singular, global theatrical event.
In a small, unnamed country, there has been an assassination. However, the gunmen missed their intended targets, the President and the First Lady, killing instead a loyal bodyguard and the First Lady’s beloved dog.
As a revolution brews right outside their front door, the First Lady sits with a mixture of hysterics, rage and obsession. The President holds forth in a verbal tsunami of self-aggrandisement and vainglory, while his mistress, an actress, gambles his cash away in the blackjack room next door.
THE PRESIDENT is written by Thomas Bernhard, translated by Gitta Honegger and will be directed by Tom Creed.
THE PRESIDENT will play the Gate Theatre, Dublin, running from 2nd February – 16th March 2024, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.gatetheatre.ie/production/the-president/
