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National Theatre Live: The Other Place

National Theatre Live: The Other Place

A new play by Alexander Zeldin after Antigone

2025 · 90 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one sister's sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries. Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greed battle it out in the family's competing dreams of their future. When we are faced with the suffering of others, even those closest to us, can we look away?

Directed by Alexander Zeldin · Written by Alexander Zeldin

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