Awoken from his deathbed by his favourite childhood teddy bear, Alan Turing is led by the hand through the journey of his life, from glowing academia to New York drag bars, from triumph to disgrace. Lovesong of the Electric Bear by Snoo Wilson (National Theatre, Royal Court, RSC, ENO) is an epic and electrifying trip through the life of Alan Turing, the computer visionary and maths genius whose gifts made him the code-breaking hero of World War II, but whose homosexuality led him to betrayal by the very establishment who had depended on him for victory.
Lovesong of the Electric Bear is a wonderfully imaginative, comic and moving story of a true hero brought to life by of one of British theatre’s great voices.
This acclaimed production transferred to the intimate surroundings of the West End’s newest immersive studio at The Arts Theatre, West End following the sold-out, award-nominated European premiere at The Hope Theatre earlier that year.
Cast
- Alan Turing: Ian Hallard
- Porgy: Bryan Pilkington
- Christopher Morcom, Undergraduate 1, Rajewski, Joan, Bronwyn: Laura Harling
- Clemmie, Mrs Turing, Man, Nurse, Woman: Helen Evans
- Kjell, Davis, Undergraduate 2, Cornish, Arnold, Judge: Chris Levens (OFFIE Award Winner 2016)
- Churchill, Hallam, Turing Snr, Blackwood, Dilly Knox, Sergeant, Barman: William Hartley
Creatives
- Producer: Cas Hodges for The Hope Theatre
- Writer: Snoo Wilson
- Director: Matthew Parker
- Set Design: Zoe Hurwitz
- Lighting: Tom Kitney
- Sound: Paul Freeman (OFFIE Award Winner 2016)
- Costume: Clare Amos
- Press & PR: David Burns
- Stage Manager: Jo Abram
- Assistant Producer: Thomas Attwood
- Assistant Director: Phil Croft
- Cover Image/ Design: Laura Harling
- Casting Director: Ben Newsome
- Production Photographer: Scott Rylander
Highly entertaining from start to finish
Matthew Parker’s nifty production
Very entertaining and thought provoking
Matthew Parker’s direction really captures a fun and unstoppable energy through Wilson’s dizzying narrative setting
Matthew Parker’s inventive direction is a pleasure
Spectacular, funny, well-crafted and above all, poignant
