On Saturday 30 January, 15:00, Pathè Buitenhof presents the World Premiere of Nation live from the National Theater in London. Breathtaking and magical, Nation is an adventure story based on the book by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill, in which two teenagers struggle to survive on an island in the Pacific after a devastating tsunami.

A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the other’s language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe’s fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation.

Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National stages Mark Ravenhill’s exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s latest witty and challenging adventure story.

"There’s no demons, no gods. Just me. And the waves and the sun and birth and death. And there’s no reason for anything. I’m sorry: that’s just the way it seems to me."

Cast: David Ajala, Gaye Brown, Gary Carr, Paul Chahidi, Elaine Claxton, Lorna Gayle, Sirine Saba, Nicholas Rowe

Genre: Theater

Length: 120 minuten

Suitable for 10yrs+ 

English spoken

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