©Robbie Jack
©Simon Annand

Book by

Torgny Lindgren

Adapted by

Simon McBurney, Matthew Broughton

Directed by

Simon McBurney

Design

Dick Bird

Lighting

Paul Anderson

Sound

Paul Arditti

Costume

Christina Cunningham

Assistant director

Steven Canny

Cast

Joseph Alessi, Mick Barnfather, Lilo Baur, Maria Eggers, Bronagh Gallagher, Dermot Kerrigan, Tim McMullan, Tobias Menzies, Toby Sedgwick

Light is an adaptation of Torgny Lindgren’s allegorical novel, written in 1987. It tells of the aftermath of a ravaging plague, introduced to a small village in Northern Sweden by a diseased pregnant rabbit. The moral framework of the few isolated survivors unravels in a series of horrific events.

Tour

2002

Huddersfield, Mold, Salford, Stockholm, Plymouth, Dublin, Bath, London