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First Look: The Unseen at Riverside Studios

by Staff Writer
November 20, 2024
Reading Time: 5 mins read
Waj Ali (Valdez) The Unseen Riverside Studios Photo Credit Manuel Harlan (134)

Waj Ali (Valdez) The Unseen Riverside Studios Photo Credit Manuel Harlan (134)

First look production images are released for the London debut of Craig Wright’s gripping play, The Unseen which will open at Riverside Studios next month.

The cast features BAFTA Cymru Award-winning actor Richard Harrington (Fisherman’s Friends: One and All; Home I’m Darling) as Wallace and Waj Ali (Carnival Row; King Lear) as Valdez, two prisoners incarcerated together, with Ross Tomlinson (Allelujah; This Is Going To Hurt) as Smash, a prison guard.

The Unseen delves into the human spirit’s resilience under oppressive regimes and will be directed by Iya Patarkatsishvili, with set and costume design by Simon Kenny, playing at Riverside Studios from 15 November 2024. Accompanying the play will be a series of post-performance discussions featuring special guest speakers and the UK premiere of international exhibition Faces of Russian Resistance.

       

Craig Wright’s play, first seen at the Humana Festival in 2007 and subsequently at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre is a powerful exploration of the human spirit’s capacity for connection, even in the direst of circumstances. It challenges audiences to confront the realities of power, cruelty, and the costs of survival.

In a brutal totalitarian regime, two strangers are imprisoned for reasons unknown. Wallace and Valdez communicate only through their cell walls, navigating waves of hope and disillusionment whilst seeking an escape route.

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Finding solace in one another they create their own philosophies in an attempt to assign meaning to their state of confinement. Meanwhile, their torturer finds himself torn between his duty and his own self-revulsion and plans a showdown that will change everything.

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