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Hymn - Untold Stories

  • Writer: Charlie Smith
    Charlie Smith
  • Aug 14, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 13, 2022


National Theatre

Assistant Sound Designer

22nd November 2012 – 17th March 2013.


Duchess Theatre


22nd March - 15th June 2013

TEAM:

Sound Designer – Mike Walker Assistant Sound Designer – Charlie Smith Sound Operator – Sean Knowles


Music by George Fenton Words by Alan Bennett

Director – Nadia Fall Designer – Bob Crowley Lighting Designer – Tom Snell

ABOUT:

Alex Jennings leads critically acclaimed double-bill of Hymn and Cocktail Sticks.

The National Theatre production of Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories,  featuring the two autobiographical recollections Hymn and Cocktail Sticks,  

Hymn is a touching memoir of music in childhood, with words by Alan Bennett and an evocative score by George Fenton.  It is directed by Nadia Fall.

Cocktail Sticks is directed by Nicholas Hytner and revisits some of the themes and conversations of Alan Bennett’s memoir A Life Like Other People’s.  A son talks to his dead father as his mother yearns for a different life.  It’s funny, tender and sad. 

MEDIA:



REVIEWS:

★★★★★

The Times 


★★★★

Whatsonstage


★★★★

Evening Standard


★★★★

The Independent 


★★★★

The Daily Mail 


★★★★

The Telegraph

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