TIGER COUNTRY
WITH HAMPSTEAD THEATRE AND THE GUARDIAN
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NINA RAINE
HAMPSTEAD THEATRE AT HOME: A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE PRODUCTION FROM 2014
TIGER COUNTRY
By NINA RAINE
Directed by NINA RAINE
Running time: 2 hours
FREE (See ticket information)
Do you know what it’s like to be the person who’s actually sticking the knife in here…? You stick a knife in close to an artery, boy do you know it. Then you’re in Tiger Country…
HAMPSTEAD THEATRE AT HOME
20 - 26 Apr 2020
FREE
Box Office: 020 7722 9301
Originally performed and live streamed in 2014, this unique recording of Tiger Country returned as part of the Hampstead Theatre At Home series. Thank you to the whole company for kindly allowing us to share this incredible play again. Tiger Country was available to watch on demand from Monday 20 April until Sunday 26 April. Find out more.
★★★★ The Telegraph | ★★★★ The Sunday Times | ★★★★ The Independent | ★★★★ The Observer | ★★★★ Time Out | ★★★★ WhatsOnStage
December is the busiest time of year for London’s hospitals. For one particular team it’s business as usual, even with the seasonal upsurge.
Brian, the urology consultant, is audaciously trying to convince his superior, Mr Leffe, to swap irksome patients. Newcomer Emily has already discharged 5 people and it’s not even 10am. Her boyfriend James, a dishy doctor, is as usual engaged in charming his superiors – not to mention the eye-catching Rebecca. Feisty senior house officer Mark is wrestling with his bossy mentor Vashti to allow him to be more hands-on. And throughout it all, John, the cardiology registrar, simply can’t find a minute in the day to enjoy his roast turkey sandwich…
Nina Raine entertainingly entwines multiple stories in this action-packed drama that looks beyond the corridors into an extraordinary workplace, full of professionals under pressure, driven by ambition, compassion and humour.
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Artistic team
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
DESIGNER
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER
LIGHTING
VIDEO DESIGNER
CHOREOGRAPHER
SOUND
CASTING
Cast
Emily
Ruth Everett
Lakshmi/Bindu
Souad Faress
Olga/Gillian
Jenny Galloway
Mark
Nick Hendrix
Mr Leffe/Geoffrey
Maxwell Hutcheon
Mrs Bracken
Tricia Kelly
John
Alastair Mackenzie
Rebecca
Wunmi Mosaku
Brian
Shaun Parkes
James
Luke Thompson
Vashti
Indira Varma
JYOTI SHAH TALKS TO THE GUARDIAN ABOUT #HTTIGERCOUNTRY
Urological surgeon Jyoti Shah recalls how she inspired the character played by Indira Varma in Nina Raine’s Tiger Country
Tiger Country: ★★★★ from Sunday Times
Tiger Country, Review By David Jays, Sunday Times
Tiger Country: ★★★★ from Independent
Tiger Country, theatre review: Nina Raine’s insightful play is strongly recommended By Paul Taylor, Independent
Video: Tiger Country Trailer
‘Just what the doctor ordered’ ★★★★ Independent | ‘Needle-sharp’ ★★★★ Telegraph | ‘Superb’ ★★★★ The Observer | ‘Remarkable’ ★★★★ Time Out | ‘Should be compulsory viewing’ ★★★★ WhatsOnStage
Tiger Country: ★★★★ from The Observer
Tiger Country review – a remarkable snapshot of the health service By Laura Barnett, The Observer
Tiger Country: ★★★★ from Telegraph
Tiger Country, Hampstead Theatre, review: ‘needle-sharp’ By Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
Tiger Country: Press Night photos
‘Remarkable… superbly put together’ ★★★★ Time Out
IdeasTap: Indira Varma interview
From Game of Thrones to Silk, computer games to her current role in Nina Raine’s Tiger Country, Indira Varma has worked across a lot of different media to play very different roles.
Tiger Country: Behind-the-scenes video
We go behind-the-scenes into the Tiger Country rehearsal room and chat to Writer/Director Nina Raine and Medical Consultant, and inspiration behind the main character, Jyoti Shah about reviving Nina’s action-packed hospital drama and learning to act like a surgeon.
Tiger Country: Indira Varma researches her role
Photo: Indira Varma with theatre staff from Queen’s Hospital, Burton-on-Trent
The Telegraph: Nina Raine Interview
While Nina Raine was researching her new play, she found herself identifying a little too closely with the medical profession.
Tiger Country: Full cast announced
Beyond the corridors of a busy London hospital lies a workplace full of professionals under the most extreme pressure – especially at Christmas – where an unintentional slip can have disastrous consequences.
Tiger Country Director announced exciting new staging plans
Image: 55 Days in traverse (2012)
Indira Varma: A career in pictures
Famous for roles on screen and stage, Indira Varma has enjoyed an incredibly varied and successful career from playing Harold Pinter’s Gila in One for the Road (Broadway), Noel Coward’s Bunty Mainwaring in The Vortext (Donmar) and David Hare’s Nadia Baliye in The Vertical Hour (Royal Court) to prolific television roles such as Game of Thrones and Luther.
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