A performer in a white robe stands in blue light while another performer sits in shadow nearby.

Jermyn Street Theatre2022

Cancelling Socrates

The Production

Howard Brenton’s world premiere imagines Socrates’ final days in 399BC Athens, using wit and philosophical argument to test democracy, dissent and public intolerance.

19 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Tom Littler
Lighting Design: William Reynolds
Set & Costume Design: Isabella Van Braeckel
Sound Design: Max Pappenheim, Ali Taie
Photography: Steve Gregson

The empty set shows a white table on a red floor area, two white columns, a green wall and a barred doorway.

A sculpted frieze runs diagonally along the top of a green wall above a dark doorway.

A person stands behind a barred doorway in a green wall beneath a sculpted frieze.

Two performers sit close together on a bench under blue and purple light beside a white table and columns.

A performer in the foreground raises both hands while another figure stands near a bench at the back of the stage.

A performer stands beside a white table with arms lifted under blue overhead light.

Four performers gather around a white table on a red floor area beneath a sculpted frieze.

Several performers cluster around and across a white table as another performer stands at the rear by a column.

Two performers stand close together in blue light, one looking toward the other with an anxious expression.

A performer gestures toward a figure partly hidden behind a white column on a blue-lit stage.

A performer in a loose robe gestures outward in pink light while another figure stands behind a column.

A shallow bowl sits alone on a small plinth in a pool of light against a black background.

A shallow bowl rests on a white column against a green wall beneath a sculpted frieze.

A close angled view shows a sculpted frieze above a column and dark stage space.

The set is viewed from a high angle with white columns, green walls and a sculpted frieze wrapping the corner.

Warm orange light washes a sculpted frieze above a barred doorway and a white column.

The empty stage is seen frontally with a white table, two columns, a red floor area and a sculpted frieze.

The empty stage is lit in deep blue with a white table in the foreground and two columns behind it.

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