Diary Date: Old Vic presents “A Number” 24 Jan – 19 March 2022

Every parent makes mistakes.

Salter makes a number of them.

Now 35 years later, his only child realises he’s not alone.

The play follows conflict between a father (Lennie James) and his sons; Paapa Essiedu plays all 3.

Caryl Churchill’s gripping drama about what it costs to start again unpacks reason and ethics surrounding human cloning as two of the sons are clones of the first one.

CAST

Paapa Essiedu | Michael Black/ Bernard

Lennie James | Salter

David Carr | Michael Black/ Bernard (Understudy)

Phillip Olagoke | Salter (Understudy)

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A Number 24 January – 19 March 2022 Old Vic, London Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by Lyndsey Turner