National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 103 min
  • Premiere: 2015. April 16.

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

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Art

Bob Crowley

Set Designer

Camera

Peter Edwards

Camera Operator

David Neill

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Ingrao

Camera Operator

Tony Freeman

Camera Supervisor

Paul Freeman

Camera Operator

Wayne Ratcliffe

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Giuseppe Cannas

Hair Designer

Giuseppe Cannas

Wig Designer

Bob Crowley

Costume Design

Giuseppe Cannas

Makeup Designer

Directing

Nicholas Hytner

Stage Director

Judy Chesterman

Script Supervisor

Tom Stoppard

Director

Lighting

Paul Knott

Lighting Supervisor

Bernie Davis

Lighting Director

Mark Henderson

Lighting Design

Production

Sam Psyk

Associate Producer

David Sabel

Executive Producer

Emma Keith

Producer

Julia Nelson

Associate Producer

Fliss Williams

Production Manager

Flo Buckeridge

General Manager

Tom Giles

Unit Manager

Paul Handley

Production Manager

Wendy Spon

Casting

Charlotte Sutton

Casting

Sound

Conrad Fletcher

Sound Supervisor

Tracy Campbell

Sound Mixer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Music

Matthew Scott

Music Arranger

Paul Arditti

Sound Designer

Writing

Tom Stoppard

Theatre Play

Art

Bob Crowley

Set Designer

Camera

Peter Edwards

Camera Operator

David Neill

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Ingrao

Camera Operator

Tony Freeman

Camera Supervisor

Paul Freeman

Camera Operator

Wayne Ratcliffe

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Giuseppe Cannas

Hair Designer

Giuseppe Cannas

Wig Designer

Bob Crowley

Costume Design

Giuseppe Cannas

Makeup Designer

Directing

Nicholas Hytner

Stage Director

Judy Chesterman

Script Supervisor

Tom Stoppard

Director

Lighting

Paul Knott

Lighting Supervisor

Bernie Davis

Lighting Director

Mark Henderson

Lighting Design

Production

Sam Psyk

Associate Producer

David Sabel

Executive Producer

Emma Keith

Producer

Julia Nelson

Associate Producer

Fliss Williams

Production Manager

Flo Buckeridge

General Manager

Tom Giles

Unit Manager

Paul Handley

Production Manager

Wendy Spon

Casting

Charlotte Sutton

Casting

Sound

Conrad Fletcher

Sound Supervisor

Tracy Campbell

Sound Mixer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Music

Matthew Scott

Music Arranger

Paul Arditti

Sound Designer

Writing

Tom Stoppard

Theatre Play