1st Night Photos: Kinnear & Hinds Bow in NT Burnt
The NT
Lyttelton played host last night (3 March 2009, previews from 24
February) to the premiere of Peter Flannery‘s stage adaptation of
the 1994 Oscar-winning Russian film {Burnt by the
Sun::L01346294945} (Utomlyonnye solntsem).
Sun::L01346294945} centres on Colonel Kotov (Ciaran
Hinds), decorated hero of the Russian Revolution, who’s spending
an idyllic summer in the country with his beloved young wife and
family. But one sunny morning in 1936, his wife’s former lover
Mitia (Rory Kinnear) returns from a long and unexplained absence.
Amidst a tangle of sexual jealousy, retribution and remorseless
political backstabbing, Kotov feels the full, horrifying reach of
Stalin’s rule.
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The cast also features Michelle
Dockery, who recently won acclaim as Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall’s
revival of Pygmalion, as Kotov’s wife Maroussia.
Burnt by the Sun is directed by
Howard Davies and runs in rep until 21 May.
Writer Peter Flannery’s plays
include Our Friends in the North (which he adapted
into a nine-part TV series), Singer and Savage
Amusement for the RSC. {Burnt by the
Sun::L01346294945} is based on the original screenplay by
Nikia Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov. The screen version won the
1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The play is designed by
Vicki Mortimer, with lighting by Mark Henderson, music by Ilona
Sekacz, choreography by Scarlett Mackmin and sound by Christopher
Shutt.
– by Theo Bosanquet
