Nachtland Tickets

This definitely sounds like a vital and timely play, given the conversations we’re all having about everything from the rise of the new Right in Europe to how we address our history – plus the difficulty of separating art from artist, and artefact from something that traumatises or triggers people.

Marius von Mayenburg’s play also looks at how a wedge issue like this can redefine a marriage, or make you view your relations in a different way. It promises to be a meaty drama with plenty of dark comedy as well; he is renowned for his caustic satire in Germany.

The cast features Absolutely Fabulous and Little Voice star Jane Horrocks, as well as John Heffernan, Gunnar Cauthery, Jenna Augen, and Angus Wright.

Directing the show is the Tony Award-winning playwright and director Patrick Marber. His production of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt was a hit in the West End and on Broadway, and his own acclaimed work includes Dealer’s Choice and Closer.

What to watch for

● The title ‘Nachtland’ is actually an invented German word, meaning a place of eternal darkness. See if you can work out its relevance to the drama – whether it’s a literal description or something more figurative or profound. ● This is a fitting follow-up piece for Patrick Marber after he movingly explored the Holocaust through Tom Stoppard’s semi-autobiographical play Leopoldstadt, which depicted several generations of a Jewish Viennese family. Stoppard’s own grandparents died in Nazi concentration camps. ● Yes, Adolf Hitler really was an aspiring artist at one stage. He studied fine art in Vienna, and applied to its Academy of Fine Arts – but was rejected twice. Still, he produced hundreds of paintings, some of which were seized by the United States Army, but others have made it to auction and sold for tens of thousands of dollars.