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Challenging institutional power in pursuit of the truth, Brecht’s ‘Life of Galileo’ chronicles the scientist’s clash against religious doctrine, his wrongful imprisonment and his struggle towards recanting his discoveries.

A bid to make some extra cash becomes a dangerous collision with the Roman Catholic Church. Short of money, Galileo recreates the newly-invented telescope and passes it off as his own creation. What he sees through the device leads him to vocally support Copernicus’ model for the solar system- in which the planets orbit the sun – defying the teaching of the church and reframing the times’ scientific understanding.

Velvet Vest Productions reopens the Keble O’Reilly Theatre with an original translation of Galileo inspired by modern debates surrounding climate change.

Tickets £8/12. Purchase at www.ticketsource.co.uk/velvet-vest-productions/e-kyazpg

Cast:

Hannah Brock
Lucy Mae Humphries
Luke Malone
Marianne James
Reya Muller
Tamsin Sandford Smith
Alasdair Linn
Louis Cunningham
Harry Berry
Eleanor Cousins Brown
Callum Coghlan
Lola Beal

Crew:

Producer: Krishan Emmanuel
Director: Jamie Murphy
Assistant Producer: Jack Franco
Assistant Director: Mattie Williams
Marketing Manager: Alice Williams
Marketing Assistants: Saman Sen, Felicity Hudson, Claire Frampton
Sound Designer: Andrew Orr
Lighting Designer: Violet Mermelstein
Lighting Technician: Louis Makower
Orb Logistics: Hattie Bates
AV: Harrison Taylor
Set Designer: Rowan Ireland
Set Technician: Luke Thornhill
Costume Designer: Oliver Nico
Original Music: Sam Woof-McColl
Graphics: Raghav Arora and Niamh Simpson
Production Manager: Jem Greenhalgh
Production Assistant: Caitlin Gray
Stage Manager: Genevieve Jeffcoate

Translation Team:

Caroline Wallace
Jamie Murphy
Janae Byrne
Gerda Krivaite
Genevieve Jeffcoate
Alice Thornton-Dorkofikis
Marte van der Graaf
Tom Lyne