
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Tickets
World-renowned company Complicité return to the Barbican stage
Overview
A brand-new production based on Nobel prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk’s stunning novel.
In the bleak Polish midwinter, men in an isolated village are being murdered. The story unfolds through the eyes of 65 year-old local women Janina, as she takes on the task of identifying the suspect in this deeply captivating mystery. She finds herself engaged in fierce resistance against the injustices around her. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a tale about the cosmos, poetry, and the limitations and possibilities of activism.
Simon McBurney directs a new work for theatre based on Nobel Prize winning author Olga Tokarczuk’s acclaimed novel, which was shortlisted for the 2019 International Booker Prize.
Creatives
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Simon McBurney
Director

Olga Tokarczuk
Writer
Rae Smith
Set Designer
Rae Smith
Costume Designer
Paule Constable
Lighting Designer

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
Dramaturgy
Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Original novel translation
Laurence Cook
Dramaturgy
Dick Straker
Video Design
Cast
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Tim McMullan

Sophie Steer

Kathryn Hunter
Janina Duszejko

Amanda Hadingue

Thomas Arnold

Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer

Johannes Flaschberger

Weronika Maria

César Sarachu

Alexander Uzoka
Date & time
Opening 15 Mar
Wed 15 Mar - Sat 1 Apr 2023, 2.30pm & 7.45pm
Venue
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS London, UK
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