description About
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
Info
- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2015-04-16
- video_camera_front Companies National Theatre
- timer Runtime: 103 Mins
- star Rating: 7 / 10
- favorite Likes: 2 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt4624330
- visibilityViews: 7 views
-
starUser Ratings:
theaters Trailers
Other Videos
National Theatre Live: Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem
Tom Stoppard and Nicholas Hytner on The Hard Problem
play_circle Streaming Sources
image Images
smart_display Cast
Damien Molony
Spike
Olivia Vinall
Hilary
Parth Thakerar
Amal
Jonathan Coy
Leo
Rosie Hilal
Julia
Lucy Robinson
Ursula
Anthony Calf
Jerry
Daisy Jacob
Cathy
Vera Chok
Bo
Kristin Atherton
Elaine (on film)
Benjamin Powell
Pianist
groups Crew
Sam Psyk
Associate Producer
David Sabel
Executive Producer
Emma Keith
Producer
Conrad Fletcher
Sound Supervisor
Nicholas Hytner
Stage Director
Peter Edwards
Camera Operator
David Neill
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Cannas
Hair Designer
Tracy Campbell
Sound Mixer
Giuseppe Cannas
Wig Designer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Julia Nelson
Associate Producer
Fliss Williams
Production Manager
Matthew Scott
Music Arranger
Tom Stoppard
Theatre Play
Giuseppe Ingrao
Camera Operator
Flo Buckeridge
General Manager
Judy Chesterman
Script Supervisor
Tony Freeman
Camera Supervisor
Paul Knott
Lighting Supervisor
Bernie Davis
Lighting Director
Tom Giles
Unit Manager
Paul Handley
Production Manager
Wendy Spon
Casting
Bob Crowley
Set Designer
Paul Arditti
Sound Designer
Paul Freeman
Camera Operator
Wayne Ratcliffe
Camera Operator
Bob Crowley
Costume Design
Mark Henderson
Lighting Design
Charlotte Sutton
Casting
Giuseppe Cannas
Makeup Designer
Tom Stoppard
Director
comment Comments