This production began performances on 30th January and closed on 5th April 2015.
★★★★★
This is mind-bending, it’s ingenious and it’s ethically challenging
The Times
An intricate crime drama and a haunting thriller set in the year 2050, The Nether follows an investigation into the complicated, disturbing morality of identity in the digital world, and explores the consequences of making dreams a reality.
★★★★★
Brilliant production of Jennifer Haley's deeply disturbing and very responsibly provocative play
The Independent
Following a sold-out run at the Royal Court Theatre, Jennifer Haley’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning play transfers to London’s Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited 12-week run from 30 January.
The Nether offers complete freedom – a new virtual wonderland providing total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire.
Directed by Headlong Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies, This House), this is an ‘exhilaratingly daring’ (Financial Times) production. Sonia Friedman Productions, Headlong and the Royal Court are known for bringing some of the UK’s best new plays in recent years to the West End, including Jerusalem, Chimerica, 1984, Posh, Constellations and ENRON.
Sonia Friedman Productions and Scott M Delman in association with Tulchin Bartner Productions, Lee Dean & Charles Diamond, 1001 Nights, JFL Theatricals/ GHF Productions, Scott & Brian Zeilinger/ James Lefkowitz present “THE NETHER” by Jennifer Haley, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
★★★★
The Telegraph, Time Out, Sunday Times, Observer, Financial Times, Mail on Sunday
CAST
DAVID CALDER – Doyle
AMANDA HALE – Morris
IVANNO JEREMIAH – Woodnut
STANLEY TOWNSEND – Sims
ZOE BROUGH AND ISABELLA PAPPAS – Alternated the role of Iris
CREATIVES
JENNIFER HALEY – Playwright
JEREMY HERRIN – Director
ES DEVLIN – Set Designer
CHRISTINA CUNNINGHAM – Costume Designer
LUKE HALLS – Video Designer
PAUL PYANT – Lighting Designer
NICK POWELL – Composer
IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer
JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting Director
DES KENNEDY – Associate Director