Shun-kin
Directed by Simon McBurney
30 January - 20 February 2009 Barbican, London
5 - 16 March 2009 Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
Our most recent devised piece is inspired by two 1933 texts by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki: 'A Portrait of Shunkin' and 'In Praise of Shadows'. Performed by an entirely Japanese cast, the production opened with a short sell-out run in Tokyo in February 2008.
Co-produced by Complicite, Setagaya Public Theatre and barbicanbite09, London
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A Disappearing Number
Laurence Olivier Award 2008 for Best New Play
Evening Standard Award 2007 for Best Play
Critics' Circle Theatre Award 2007 for Best New Play
Directed by Simon McBurney with music by Nitin Sawhney.
"With touching emotion and unnerving disquietude, A Disappearing Number forces the spectator to consider the facts of love, death and belonging, within the space of his or her own personal universe."
Nikita Lalwani - New Statesman, 23 August 2007
All My Sons
Simon McBurney is currently directing a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons on Broadway. The cast includes John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes and began previews on 18 September at the Schoenfeld Theatre. The production opened officially on 16 October and will play a limited engagement until 11 January.
In development
The company is currently developing its first original screenplay with writer Jonathan Safran Foer.