Production images have been released today for The Father and The Assassin, a gripping new play by Anupama Chandrasekhar, one of India’s most exciting playwrights, directed by Indhu Rubasingham and opens to press in the Olivier Theatre on Thursday 19 May.
The play traces Nathuram Godse’s life over 30 years during India’s fight for independence: from a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, through to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter. Shubham Sarafis was cast as Godse alongside Paul Bazelyas Gandhi.
The company also includes Sagar Arya, Ankur Bahl, Ralph Birtwell, Ayesha Dharker, Marc Elliott, Ravin J Ganatra, Dinita Gohil, Halema Hussain, Irvine Iqbal, Nadeem Islam, Tony Jayawardena, Sakuntala Ramanee, Anish Roy, Sid Sagar, Shubham Saraf, Akshay Shah, Peter Singh and Maanuv Thiara.
Set and costume design is by Rajha Shakiry, lighting design is by Oliver Fenwick and sound design is by Alex Caplen. The movement director is Lucy Cullingford, the music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla, the music director is David Shrubsole, the sound designer is Alexander Caplen, and the fight director is Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd, and the dialect coach is Shereen Ibrahim. The staff Director is Gitika Buttoo.
