City of Glass Tickets
Lyric Hammersmith
Acclaimed playwright Duncan Macmillan and the highly innovative 59 Productions have brought this dazzling stage adaptation of the Paul Auster novel City of Glass to the Lyric Hammersmith.
Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaptation of the seminal American novel City of Glass by Paul Auster has had its London premier at the Lyric Hammersmith as it took to the stage as part of a limited run, with performances having began on 20th April 2017 and running until 20th May 2017.
City of Glass is based on Paul Auster’s novel of the same name, which acts as the first in The New York Trilogy, one of the most astonishing American literary series to come out in recent years.
Often described a meta-detective fiction, Auster has created a unique new genre which blends the gripping detective noir of Raymond Chandler with disturbing existential enquiry to rive the greats such as Borges or Kafka. Auster creates a fascinating world where the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes an incredibly investigation of what it is to be human.
The story follows reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn who gets a strange phone call asking for a private detective during the night, soon after which he very speedily becomes the unwitting protagonist in his very own thriller.
After being seduced by an unusual woman who hires him to protect her young husband from his sociopathic father, the familiar sense of detective noir begins to slide away to something more frightening as Quinn loses grip on reality as he is consumed by his mission.
This new version by playwright Duncan Macmillan is heavily influenced by both the original novel and the graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli.
City of Glass is brought to the stage by Tony Award-winning 59 Productions, who are known for such staggering shows such as An American in Paris, War Horse and David Bowie Is.
This incredible technically ground-breaking play uses projection, magic, illusion and stagecraft to entirely overwhelm audiences in the disorientating and confusing world that Auster creates in City of Glass.
City of Glass has been brought to the stage by Duncan Macmillan, the hugely acclaimed writer of People, Places and Things and 1984, both of which saw smash hit West End runs that were adored by critics and fans alike.
City of Glass began performances at London’s Lyric Hammersmith Theatre on 20th April 2017 and continued for a limited run until 20th May 2017.
City of Glass is based on Paul Auster’s novel of the same name, which acts as the first in The New York Trilogy, one of the most astonishing American literary series to come out in recent years.
Often described a meta-detective fiction, Auster has created a unique new genre which blends the gripping detective noir of Raymond Chandler with disturbing existential enquiry to rive the greats such as Borges or Kafka. Auster creates a fascinating world where the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes an incredibly investigation of what it is to be human.
The story follows reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn who gets a strange phone call asking for a private detective during the night, soon after which he very speedily becomes the unwitting protagonist in his very own thriller.
After being seduced by an unusual woman who hires him to protect her young husband from his sociopathic father, the familiar sense of detective noir begins to slide away to something more frightening as Quinn loses grip on reality as he is consumed by his mission.
This new version by playwright Duncan Macmillan is heavily influenced by both the original novel and the graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli.
City of Glass is brought to the stage by Tony Award-winning 59 Productions, who are known for such staggering shows such as An American in Paris, War Horse and David Bowie Is.
This incredible technically ground-breaking play uses projection, magic, illusion and stagecraft to entirely overwhelm audiences in the disorientating and confusing world that Auster creates in City of Glass.
City of Glass has been brought to the stage by Duncan Macmillan, the hugely acclaimed writer of People, Places and Things and 1984, both of which saw smash hit West End runs that were adored by critics and fans alike.
City of Glass began performances at London’s Lyric Hammersmith Theatre on 20th April 2017 and continued for a limited run until 20th May 2017.
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