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.
The Nether offers complete freedom – a new virtual wonderland providing total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire.
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.
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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.
“A seriously intelligent play – important and thought provoking.”
The Times
“A brilliant production.
I urge you to go.”
The Independent
“A gripping thriller.
The play has all the fascination of a whodunit.”
Daily Telegraph
“Delight in its ingeniousness.”
Sunday Times
“Compelling theatre, with some of the best visuals I’ve ever seen on stage.”
The Observer
“Chillingly pertinent.”
Time Out
‘Mind-bending… like a hall of mirrors.”
The Times
“Taps into one of the most urgent and disturbing issues of our times.”
Daily Telegraph
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes approx
Age guidance 16+
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 West End transfer of THE HEADLONG AND ROYAL COURT THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION OF THE NETHER