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Last Monday night (4 August), over 100 Theatregoers joined Whatsonstage.com at the National Theatre for the world premiere of Michael Frayn’s new play, Afterlife in the Lyttleton theatre. Frayn is a British playwright and novelist who is best known as the author of such plays as Noises Off, Democracy and Copenhagen. His new play is directed by Michael Blakemore.

Afterlife is a dramatisation of the life of Max Reinhardt, a theatre and film director based in Austria at the begining of the Second World War whose ambition was to break down the boundary between theatre and the world it portrays. Each year at the Salzburg festival he directed the famous morality play, Everyman, until Hitler’s army began to interfear, leaving Reinhardt as vulnerable as the impoverished men he had overlooked before.

Theatregoers on our special Outing were treated to a free interval drink at the National Theatre and were also invited to attend a post show Q&A, led by What’s On Stage magazine editor Roger Foss, with cast members Roger Allam, Abigail Cruttenden and Selina Griffiths, who were happy to speak honestly about the rehearsal process, the real Max Reinhardt and how it felt to get poor reviews.

Please do feel free to email your comments and thoughts about the play and the evening through to feedback@whatsonstage.com, or why not contribute your own review of the show?

Also, don’t forget to check the homepage for details of upcoming Outings and events.

Thanks again to all who came last night, see you next time!

Kate Jackson

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