First Look: The Great Wave at The National Theatre

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Developed, while on a Channel 4 playwriting bursary at the Tricycle, The Great Wave won the Catherine Johnson Best Play Award in 2016.

On a Japanese beach, teenage sisters Hanako (Kirsty Rider) and Reiko (Kae Alexander) are caught up in a storm. Reiko survives while Hanako is lost to the sea. Their mother (Rosalind Chao), however, can’t shake the feeling that her missing daughter is still alive, and soon family tragedy takes on a global political dimension.

Set in Japan and North Korea, Francis Turnly’s epic new thriller is directed by Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre Indhu Rubasingham in a co-production with the Tricycle Theatre.

 

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1. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Tuyen Do, Kirsty Rider in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photo by Mark Douet

2. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Leo Wan, Kae Alexander, Rosalind Chao in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photo by Mark Douet

3. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Leo Wan, David Yip, Chike Chan in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photo by Mark Douet

4. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Kae Alexander, Rosalind Chao in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photographer Mark Douet.

5. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Kae Alexander, Rosalind Chao in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Image byMark Douet.

6. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Kae Alexander, Leo Wan in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photo by Mark Douet

       

7. The Great Wave by Francis Turnly at the National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Designer Tom Piper Video Designer Luke Halls Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Music David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy Cast Kae Alexander Chike Chan Rosalind Chao Tuyen Do Vincent Lai Kwong Loke Frances Mayli McCann Kirsty Rider Leo Wan David Yip

Kae Alexander, Kirsty Rider in rehearsals for The Great Wave by Francis Turnly. Photo by Mark Douet

The Great Wave is at The National Theatre 10^th March – 14^th April.