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Theatre

The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios

03 Apr 17 – 22 Jul 17, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Simon Callow directs a starry cast led by Lily Cole and Simon Bird in the Trafalgar Studios revival of classic 1970s comedy The Philanthropist

By Lucy Brooks on 1/3/2017

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Trafalgar Studio: The Philanthropist play: Lily Cole, Simon Bird, Charlotte Ritchie, Tom Rosenthal, Matt Berry
Trafalgar Studio: The Philanthropist play: Lily Cole, Simon Bird, Charlotte Ritchie, Tom Rosenthal, Matt Berry
The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios Lucy Brooks
In a post-truth 2017, pundits and experts are out of favour and often out of touch.


In the play world of Christopher Hampton's 1970 comedy The Philanthropist those experts bumble around in a university bubble, fretting over relationships, logic puzzles and philosophical quandaries, oblivious to the assassination and murder besetting the 'real world'. Riffing on Molière's The Misanthrope, the play explores 24 hours in a university town, centring on the lives of young academics while politicians are in peril.


It's an all-too resonant comedic backdrop, which is set to chime with our own bourgeois crisis in this new production directed by Simon Callow. As bona fide Shakespearean, as actor, writer and director, Callow is a seasoned thespian and the perfect choice for the job.


'The play was really about Christopher Hampton's contemporaries,' says Callow of The Philanthropist, 'but neither then, nor ever since, has it been cast at the right age. I'm very excited, not only to be doing the play, which I think one of the funniest, sharpest plays in the English language, but to be doing it with a group of brilliantly witty and original young actors who will reveal the play as it's never been seen before.'


Callow directs a bright constellation of young stage and screen stars. Model, actor and activist Lily Cole headlines alongside TV's Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners), Matt Berry (Toast), Charlotte Ritchie (Fresh Meat) and Tom Rosenthal (Plebs).




What The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios
Where Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY | MAP
Nearest tube Charing Cross (underground)
When 03 Apr 17 – 22 Jul 17, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £20 - £113
Website Click here to book via Culture Whisper and See Tickets



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