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Don't miss The Father at Duke of York's Theatre

Performance dates

24 February to 26 March 2016

Run time 95 minutes, no interval. Monday to Saturday 7.30pm, Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm

Includes interval

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Now eighty years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control…

WINNER! Critics Circle Theatre Awards, Best Actor - Kenneth Cranham reprises his unforgettable performance for thirty eight performances only. Amanda Drew plays the Daughter.


‘Stunning…quietly devastating’
Evening Standard ★★★★★

‘My play – and production – of the year. Devastating drama’
Mail on Sunday ★★★★★

‘The Father is a revelation, as sharp and surprising a play as you’ll see all year’ 
Times ★★★★★

‘A marvel…an unqualified triumph’
Daily Telegraph ★★★★★

 

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Recent Reviews

4.5
122 reviews
Eirini Tsianaka

Interesting plot and emotional play. The play portraits accurately the complexities of elderly life and family relationships.

Beaven Fernandes

Relevant topic. Intelligent script. Great acting.

Paul O'Mahony

Loved the performance but disappointed with the theatre - late comers allowed in and interrupting the show; a poor lady with a cough was allowed out but then brought back in and left standing right behind my seat coughing and coughing all the way through the rest of the performance - great sympathy for her but I would have let her sit in her original seat. Also a lot of noise from the staff at the back of the theatre transmitted through to the audience - very disappointed overall.

Claire Wilkins

Beautifully tragic story with the right amount of humour to keep you from crying the entire time.

peter moore

Excellent depiction of a very sensitive subject

Shevki Mehmet

Very emotional and powerful.

carol woodman

I really enjoyed this play though found it quite challenging because it gave the audience an insight how it feels to suffer from dementia. The acting was excellent and was given a standing ovation

Fiona

Excellent Kenneth graham gives the performance of a lifetime. A real insight into dementia etc

Sylvia Muir

Very moving intriguing and a little worrying at my age Marvellous performance from Kenneth Cranham HOWEVER I was very lucky to get to see this play as my tickets,ordered online ,were posted from Prague with a Czech Republic postmark and I nearly threw the unopened envelope straight into the bin regarding it as another piece of junk mail Seems an extraordinary way of mailing and no mention on website Regards Sylvia Muir

MR W S DUFF

Gets to the heart of a difficult issue excellent acting!

Annie Page

An excellent and powerful production

Susan Sheibani

A very insightful and well delivered play. The cast were excellent and Kenneth Cranham was sublime as usual. A big thank you to everyone involved in this production.

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