The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Writer
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Director
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Location
The Sainsbury Theatre
Dates
Friday 29 November at 7pm
Monday 2 December at 7pm
Tuesday 3 December at 2pm*
Wednesday 4 December at 7pm
Thursday 5 December at 2pm
*This will be a relaxed performance. Find out more.
The running time is approximately 3 hours including an interval.
About the show
Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible's most notorious sinner.
In this hilarious and extraordinary courtroom drama where history's most infamous betrayal is dissected by the forces of good and evil, figures such as Pontious Pilate, Mother Theresa and Sigmund Freud are called to testify in a trial of God, the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot in a court that owes as much to the ghetto as the Gospels. Stephen Adly Guirgis uses the violent, chaotic energy of New York City to explore the timeless questions of free will and responsibility; of faith and fate.
Tristan has directed at The Young Vic, Albany Deptford, Theatre Royal Straftford East,National Theatre etc . He is an associate director of companies Initiative.dkf, Brixton House and The Gate Theatre.
Tristan holds a 1st Class BA Honours in Drama , Theatre and Performance with English Literature from Roehampton University and was trained on the Stonecrabs Young Directors Programme and the Young Vic Springboard Programme.
He is the winner of the 2019 JMK Directors Award, awarded the Black British Theatre Award as best director in 2022 and nominated for the 2022 Olivier Awards
Stephen Adly Guirgis is a member and former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. His most recent play, Between Riverside and Crazy (dir: Austin Pendleton) premiered at Atlantic Theater Company, moved to Second Stage Theatre, and garnered numerous awards including the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other plays include: The Motherfucker with the Hat (6 Tony nominations, including Best Play, dir: Anna D Shapiro), Den of Thieves (dir: Max Daniels), Dominica The Fat Ugly Ho (dir: Adam Rapp), as well as Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Public Theater) and The Little Flower of East Orange (Public Theater) —all five directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and world premiered at Labyrinth Theater Company.
In London, his plays have premiered at The Donmar Warehouse, The Almeida (dir: Rupert Goold), The Hampstead (dir: Robert Delamere), and at The Arts Theater in the West End (dir: Philip Seymour Hoffman). As an actor, he has appeared in theater, film and television, including roles in Alejandro Inarritu’s Oscar winning Birdman, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, Todd Solondz’s Palindromes, and Brett C. Leonard’s Jailbait opposite Michael Pitt.
He co-created and executive produced Netflix’s The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann. Other awards include: the Yale Wyndham-Campbell Prize, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Award, PEN/Laura Pels Award, Whiting Award, TCG fellowship, Fringe First Award, NY Drama Critics Circle, L.A. Drama Critics Prize, and a Lucy Lortel Award. A former violence prevention specialist and H.I.V. educator, he lives in New York City.
Contains offensive language throughout, and references to child death, grief, parental death, misogyny, racism, hanging, child slavery, abortion, torture, prostitution and human trafficking, mental illness and suicide, murder, Class A drugs, crucifixion, antisemitism, homophobia, and eating disorder.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd. www.mtishows.co.uk | www.josef-weinberger.com
Booking
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Members of the industry: secure your complimentary seat by emailing the Box Office on [email protected]
Pricing and concessions
Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.
Accessibility
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Booking your tickets
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Industry booking
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Ticket collection for in-person tickets
There is no need to collect tickets. You will be ticked off an attendance list on arrival.
Refunds
Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.
Creative Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Director
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu*
Designer
Lizzy Leech*
Lighting Designer
Ghoti Fisher
Voice Directors
Megan Burns*
Movement Director
Theophilus O. Bailey*
Musical Director
John Pfumojena*
Fight Director
Christos Dante*
Costume Supervisor
Caitlyn Keaney*
Wardrobe Assistant
Dani BG*
Producer
Rebecca Lyle*
Intimacy Director
Raniah Al-Sayed*
Sound Designer
Velia de Nicola
Cast
Sigmund Freud/Saint Thomas
Darcy Bengt
Saint Monica
Tamika Bennett
Judas Iscariot
Lewis Bowes
Gloria/Mother Theresa
Gracel Delos Santos
Butch Honeywell/Caiaphas The Elder
Dylan Ennis
Matthias of Galilee/Saint Peter
Kenndrick Horton
Satan
J Howe
Loretta/Sister Glenna/Saint Matthew
Géovanna Lewin-Rowe
Mary Magdalene/Simon the Zealot
Rebecca Matundu Iloko
Jesus of Nazareth
Jamar Morgan
Judge
Carys Murray
Fabiana Aziza Cunningham
Lily Olufemi-Bywaters
Pontius Pilot/Uncle Pino
Reuben Thomas
Bailiff/Henrietta Iscariot
Selena Thompson
Yusef El Fayoumy
Roland Royal Ill
Production Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Company Stage Manager
Anya Williams
Deputy Stage Manager
Annabel Smeaton
Assistant Stage Managers
Finley Cozens
Kat Parry
Production Manager
Peter Johnston
Production Lx
Abigail Brophy
Deputy Lx / Programmer
Cameron McKenzie
Production Sound Engineer
Alexander Hoppe
Production Carpenter
Simon Fleming
Lighting Technicians
Simon Calahan
XiTong Cao
Tilly Cox
Ashlyn Fray
Amelia Hill
Brooke Sangster
Aryan Sherifi
Poppy Stewart
Sound Assistants
Lucia Cohen
Caspar Edwards
Paige Fernandez
Torrin Gieler
Rhianna Minhoca
Arthur Moore
Ming Ong
Nicola Usher
Construction Crew
Sofia Altamirano
Izzy Barton
Ben Birkwood
Tammy Cheng
Bastie Colclough
Nazaire Kilborne-Appiah
Abigail Quelch
Jackson Walsh