DEBORAH WARNER
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theatre - opera - installations
director
Photos © Hugo Glendenning
Between Worlds, 2015
Tansy Davies
libretto by Nick Drake
English National Opera
Barbican Theatre, London
World première performances: 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 April 2015
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Creative Team
Director - Deborah Warner
Set Design - Michael Levine
Costumes - Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting - Jean Kalman
Video - Tal Yarden
Choreography - Kim Brandstrup
Cast
Shaman - Andrew Watts
Janitor - Eric Greene
Young Woman – Rhian Lois
Realtor – Clare Presland
Young Man – William Morgan
Older Man – Phillip Rhodes
Mother – Susan Bickley
Lover – Sarah Champion
Babysitter – Claire Egan
Wife – Susan Young
Security Guard – Ronald Samm
Firefighter 1 – Philip Sheffield
Firefighter 2 – Rodney Earl Clarke
Sister – Niamh Kelly
Child – Edward Green
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Between Worlds is a spiritual and poetic drama, based on the events of 9/11; opening out to a universal panorama of human beings in extremis. The work, a collaboration between director Deborah Warner, composer Tansy Davies, and librettist, Nick Drake, was premiered at the Barbican Theatre, London, in April 2015.