National Theatre: Event Cinema
Adapted by: Martin Crimp after Moliere
Directed by: Indhu Rubasingham
Cast: Sandra Oh, Jemima Rooper, Paul Chahidi, Tom Mison, Abigail Cruttenden
The National Theatre’s production of The Misanthrope transforms a classic farce into a modern satire starring Sandra Oh in her UK stage debut. The gender-flipped play features Oh as Alice, a Booker Prize-winning novelist navigating modern cancel culture and digital rage.
Written in sharp, modern verse, it features a beautifully surreal and chaotic rhyming sequence that completely modernises the original play’s dramatic climax.
It is a stylish, polarising, and hyper-relevant look at the high cost of total honesty in the internet age
(1hr 46mins. No interval)