The Great Game, 12 new 1/2 hour plays commissioned for the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London NW6 : First produced April 2009 :
Revival Tricycle Theatre July 2010 - December 2010.
Olivier Award Nomination 2009 ‘Outstanding Event’.
The Great Game: Afghanistan
USA Tour
15 - 26 September:
at the Harman, Washington
29 September - 17 October:
at The McGuire Proscenium, Minneapolis
22 October - 7 November:
at The Roda Theatre, Berkeley
1 December - 19 December:
at The Skirball, Washington Square, New York
The production designs, by Pamela Howard and…
…Miriam Nabarro, effectively convey the passage of time through a lyrical visual shorthand that includes a mural of Afghan history that is whitewashed into blankness.
New York Times
08/12/2010
At its best, it demonstrates dramatically rather than…
…explaining. Pamela Howard’s vivid painted backdrop shows honey-coloured rock, a vestigially monumental Bhudda statue and beards floating among clouds, the painting is first Talibanned : denounced and daubed over with whitewash with disconcerting realism ( the mural does in fact have to be recovered at the end of every performance ) Later, as the Twin Towers fall, it topples down, giving way to a technicolour cerulean sky and poppyfield....
Susanna Clapp
The Observer
Directors (Nicholas ) Kent and Indhu Rubasingham…
…continue to imbue each piece with fierce,coherent life and, most movingly of all, Pamela Howard's beautiful painted mural backdrop is whitewashed by Taliban henchmen, then collapses to give way to an uninterrupted vista of poppy fields…
Fiona Mountford
Evening Standard
…and Pamela Howard's design evokes…
…to stunning effect. The Twin Towers crumbling as a drawbridge of white opium poppies is lowered into place...
…And I can only salute the entire cast...., and the design of Pamela Howard and Miriam Nabarro. Something remarkable is happening at the Tricycle, where Afghan history and culture are being made in a uniquely challenging, theatrically exciting way
Michael Billington
The Guardian
Press Reviews
Photography by John Haynes
February 2011 two special performances at the Harman Theatre Washington at the request of The White House for all their personnel. Repertoire included “Wood for the Fire” by Lee Blessing directed by Rachel Grunwald designed by Pamela Howard.
Directors Nicholas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham
Project Designer Pamela Howard
Associate Designer Miriam Nabarro
Prologue: Painting the Mural
Taliban whitewash the mural
Taliban complete the whitewash
Malalai of Maiwand
The Lion of Kabul
2 - 5
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Sequence of plays
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Photography by Miriam Nabarro