Full casting announced for world premiere of Nina Raine’s BACH & SONS

Ahead of its world premiere production at the Bridge Theatre from 23 June 2021, full casting has been announced for Nina Raine’s Bach & Sons.

Joining Simon Russell Beale as Johann Sebastian Bach will be Samuel Blenkin as Carl, Pandora Colin as Maria Barbara, Ruth Lass as Katharina, Douggie McMeekin as Wilhelm, Racheal Ofori as Anna Magdalena and Pravessh Rana as Frederick the Great.

Johann Sebastian Bach, irascible and turbulent, writes music of sensuous delight for his aristocratic patrons, and gives voice to his deep religious faith in music for the church.  He’s touchy, he’s fabulously rude, he has high standards (he stabs a bassoonist for playing badly) and he’s constantly in trouble with his employers.  Music is the family business - both his wives and all his children are musicians.  His eldest son, Wilhelm, is brilliant, chaotic and paralysed by his father’s genius.  Tense, industrious Carl is less talented than his father but more successful.  As the years pass, their gripping family drama provokes furious arguments about love, God and above all music.  What is it for - to give pleasure, like a cup of coffee in the sun, or to reveal the divine order that gives life its meaning?  Nina Raine’s play is an anthem to the art that draws us together and sings of our common humanity.

The piece is directed by Nicholas Hytner, with set design by Vicki Mortimer, costumes by Khadija Raza, lighting by Jon Clark, sound by Gareth Fry and musical supervision by George Fenton.

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