NT Collaborators Transfers to Olivier from 31 Apr

Collaborators, John Hodge’s new play inspired by the true story of an artistic
collaboration between Mikhail Bulgakov and Stalin, will transfer from the NT Cottesloe to the Olivier from 30 April 2012, where it will kick off the new Travelex £12 season.

The play, starring NT stalwarts Alex Jennings as Bulgakov
and Simon Russell Beale as Stalin, opened to warm reviews in the Cottesloe earlier this month (1 November 2011, previews from 25 October), where it continues in
rep until 31 March 2012.

Hodge, who wrote the screenplays for Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and The Beach,
among others, surreally examines Bulgakov’s unenviable
position when he’s apporached by the Russian dictator to pen a play for
his 60th birthday.