NO MAN'S LAND Opens in West End

Director Rupert Goold’s production of Harold Pinter’s NO MAN’S LAND has transferred to the Duke Of York’s Theatre in the West End. It stars David Bradley, Nick Dunning, Michael Gambon and David Walliams. The lighting design is by Neil Austin. 

“Rupert Goold’s eagerly awaited revival … ushers us
into the strange, spectral world that characterised his productions of
Shakespeare and Pirandello … Bradley’s Spooner also memorably combines
a predatory poverty with a touching gallantry … This is a compelling
revival much aided by Neil Austin’s lighting”. **** Michael Billington,
The Guardian

“I have never seen a Pinter play so possessed by deathly foreboding, menace and covert gay desire.
Almost every pore of Rupert Goold’s revelatory production, with its
ominous flutters of sound and music, is permeated by these emotions and
athletic flights of black comedy.” Nicholas De Jongh, Daily Mail

“Rupert Goold’s sensitive yet bold and funny revival
… It’s odd, original, fascinating stuff. It also provides rich pickings
for its four actors. Bradley is superb.” **** Benedict Nightingale, The Times

“Directed with precision and an intuitive feel for
its outrageous comedy and disturbing psychological power by the man of
the moment, Rupert Goold, this cast-to-the-hilt production is funny,
sinister, and weirdly moving.” **** Paul Taylor, The Independent

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Praise for the production at the Gate Theatre Dublin in August:

"After a chance encounter on Hampstead Heath, two
isolated middle-aged men spend a drunken evening together, delivering
their evasive words with striking precision in Harold Pinter’s 1975
play, NO MAN’S LAND. This study in ambiguity is heightened in Rupert
Goold’s finely tuned production." Helen Meany, Variety

"The play, directed impeccably by Rupert Goold, tells the story
of two aging writers who are united in their loneliness and need for
friendship …

Gambon is richly matched by the frantic determination of David
Bradley as Spooner, trying to force a friendship that is not really
there, and trying to do it with poetry and persuasion … The part is
wonderfully played by David Bradley. He is a classic Pinter survivor in
his desperation to be accepted, eventually having to confront all three
other men in the play’s action …

There are moments of intense feeling, nostalgia, romance; but
the underlying and inbuilt failure to connect prevails, making this a
dark and brilliant example of dramatic comedy in a richly realised
setting." Bruce Arnold, The Irish Independent

"Majestic … Bradley’s Spooner is also magnificent … Pinter’s
signature pregnant pauses are well-exploited by director Rupert Goold ,
as is a pervasive ambivalence … thanks to knock-out performances this
is as good a Pinter Production as you’ll ever find." Lucy White, Metro

"A triumphant new production … It probably goes without saying
that the performances are matchless throughout … It is a privilege to
see such work." Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent

"Rupert Goold emphasises the humour and humanity of his
characters amid the bleakness of their surroundings … Bradley is
outstanding, a ferret-like physical presence exploring waste and loss."
Declan Burke, Sunday Times