City of Glass
‘Neo-noir thriller that rewrites the rulebook for theatre design’
‘Visually astonishing… totally different from anything else you might see at the theatre’
‘You can hardly believe that such a small band have created this extraordinary world’
‘Truly Innovative; a marriage of technology and live performance that heralds a new era of vital, sensual, liminal theatre’
‘A stunning visual and verbal experience, with long passages of narrative illustrated with superb, often entrancing, video imagery.’
‘An intense, beautiful, visually-glorious experience’
It Started With A Phone Call…
HOME,
Manchester
Lyric,
London
When reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn receives a mysterious phone call from a man seeking a private detective in the middle of the night, he quickly and unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a real-life thriller of his own. He falls under the spell of a strange and seductive woman, who engages him to protect her young husband from his sociopathic father. As the familiar territory of the noir detective genre gives way to something altogether more disturbing and unpredictable, Quinn becomes consumed by his mission, and begins to lose his grip on reality.
Will he be drawn deeper into the abyss, or could the quest provide the purpose and meaning he needs to rebuild his shattered life?
SELECTED PRESS
“Impossible to Stage? Multimedia Impresarios Take On Paul Auster”
“Paul Auster on City of Glass on stage: ‘This goes beyond the realms of my imagination'”
“Technically innovative and visually extraordinary adaption of Paul Auster’s slippery novella”
“A show quite unlike anything else on the London stage… hugely ambitious, technologically marvellous, and compellingly hypnotic – an utterly remarkable achievement.”
“59 Productions are undoubtedly amongst the most innovative and technically advanced design teams currently working in the theatre.”
“A stunning achievement, shot through with urgency and frenzy, and it oozes class. You will be hard pressed to see better theatre this year.”
“A tremendously impressive production both in the range of its actors, its hi-tech and seamless stagecraft and its ability to make (relative) sense of Auster’s postmodern masterpiece.”
“Where Leo Warner’s direction for 59 Productions really scores is in the realm of wizardry, not only do actors transform themselves, the bland setting magically changes thanks to multimedia effects that literally illuminate the set”
My name is Peter Stillman
– VR EXPERIENCE
– VR EXPERIENCE
My Name is Peter Stillman is a brand new Virtual Reality (VR) experience created by 59 Productions and supported by The Space, inspired by American novelist Paul Auster’s first work, The New York Trilogy. It opened at HOME, Manchester in February 2017 and transferred to the Lyric, Hammersmith in London, alongside the stage production of City of Glass in April 2017.
CREDITS
A 59 Productions, Lyric Hammersmith, HOME and Karl Sydow production. Directed, designed and produced by 59 Productions.
Based on the first novel of The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster and the graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli
Generously supported by:
Jon and NoraLee Sedmak
Arts Council England
Jerwood Charitable Foundation
CAST
Vivienne Acheampong
Mark Edel-Hunt
Chris New
Jack Tarlton
Charlie Cunningham (Lyric only)
Oscar Williams (Lyric only)
Lochlan White (HOME only)
Riley White (HOME only)
CREATIVE TEAM
Adapted by
Duncan Macmillan
Director
Leo Warner
Set Designer
Jenny Melville
Video Designer
Lysander Ashton
Lighting Designer
Matt Daw
Movement Director
Kim Brandstrup
Sound Designer
Gareth Fry
Composer
Nick Powell
Casting Director
Julia Horan CDG
Costume Designer
Molly Einchcomb
Dramaturg (HOME)
Petra Tauscher
Associate Video Designer
Raphael Pimlott
Animators
Joseph Pierce
Edward Stockton
Marco Sandeman
Nicol Scott
Associate Lighting Designer
Leo Woolcock
Facial Tracking Developers
Ollie Lindsey
Adam Child
D3 Programmer
Rowan Pitts
Lighting Programmer
Chris Hirst
Child Casting Director
Louis Hammond CDG
Dialect & Vocal Coach
Nia Lynn
Assistant Director (JMK Leverhulme Scholar)
Piers Black-Hawkins
Assistant Sound Designer / Sound Operator
Harry Johnson
Consultant Magician
Simon Evans
PRODUCTION TEAM
Company Stage Manager
Nick Hill
Stage Manager
Nic Donithorn
Deputy Stage Manager
Edward Salt
Assistant Stage Manager
Damien Stanton
Chaperone (London)
Joy Farrukh
Chaperone (Manchester)
Suzanne Eyre
Costume Supervisor (Lyric)
Ellen McQuaid
Costume Design Assistant
Clara Lopez
Hair and Make-up
Susanna Peretz
FOR 59 PRODUCTIONS
Producers
Anna Jameson
Vicky Graham
Production Manager
James Roxburgh
General Manager
Suzanne James
Creative Associate to the Director
Akhila Krishnan
Design Assistants
Matt Taylor
Dale Croft
Claudia Fragoso
Technical Associate
Maximilien Spielbichler
Model Maker
Rachael Smith
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Press
Jenn Reynolds PR
Marketing
AKA
Graphic Design
Rebecca Pitt
Photography
Johan Persson
Legal
Sean Egan
Set Construction
Stage One
Lighting Supplier
White Light
Video Supplier
Stage Sound Services
TOURING
For touring enquires, please contact:
ANNA JAMESON
PRODUCER
[email protected]
+44 (0)7949 761 296
MEDIA & PRESS
For press enquires, please contact:
JENNIFER REYNOLDS
PR/PRESS MANAGER
[email protected]
+44 (0) 7736 842237
VR INSTALLATION
For enquires regarding the VR Experience, please contact:
REBECCA COLLIS
PRODUCER
[email protected]
+44 (0) 8456 439 859