Death of England: Closing Time
a new play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams
Booking and details
Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre
South Bank
London SE1 9PX
This production ran from 18 September to 11 November 2023, in the Dorfman Theatre
There are two sides to every story
Grieving the loss of the family shop and their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes.
Will all be forgiven?
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) play Denise and Carly in this thought-provoking drama that explores family dynamics, race, colonialism and cancel culture.
Clint Dyer (Othello) and Roy Williams (Sucker Punch) reunite to write this powerful new play, the final, standalone chapter of the award-winning Death of England series.
‘One of the absolute highpoints of new writing in the past couple of years has been the Death of England trilogy.’
Arts Desk
Performed 18 September — 11 November 2023 in the Dorfman Theatre.
Reviews
★★★★
‘This final blast is riveting’
The Stage
Gallery
Production images
Video
Suitability
Please note: This production contains strobe/flashing lights, strong language and adult themes, including references to slavery, racism, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse.
Supporters
With thanks to the Arete Foundation, who support the National Theatre to make work that is ambitious and socially relevant. Edgerton New Plays Commission. New Play Commissions are also supported by the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation.
Cast
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
For the National: The Odyssey: Episode Five − The Underworld, The Swan and There is a War.
Hayley Squires
For the National: Death of England: Closing Time
Production team
Director
Clint Dyer
Clint Dyer
Clint Dyer was appointed as Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre in 2021.
Co-Set and Costume Designer
Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
For the National: Death of England: Closing Time (co-designer), The Odyssey: Episode Five − The Underworld, Death of England: Delroy (co-designer), Death of England (co-designer) and If I Were Older.
Co-Set and Costume Designer
ULTZ
ULTZ
For the National: Death of England: Closing Time (co-designed), Death of England: Delroy (co-designed) and Death of England, The Corn is Green, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Blood and Gifts, The Ramayana and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Lighting Designer
Jackie Shemesh
Jackie Shemesh
For the National Theatre: Death of England: Closing Time, Death of England: Delroy, Death of England and Hansard
Co-Sound Designer
Benjamin Grant
Benjamin Grant
Benjamin Grant studied Theatre Sound at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Co-Sound Designer
Pete Malkin
Pete Malkin
At the National: Death of England: Delory (co-sound designer), Death of England (co-sound designer)
Dialect Coach
Hazel Holder
Hazel Holder
For the National Theatre: Alterations (upcoming), The Importance of Being Earnest, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hot Wing King, Death of England trilogy, The Effect, Grenfell: in the words of survivors, Trouble in Mind, Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Crucible, Rockets and Blue Lights, Death of England, Small Island, Nine Night, Barber Shop Chronicles, Angels in America, Les Blancs and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Voice Coach
Cathleen McCarron
Cathleen McCarron
For the National Theatre: Ballet Shoes, The Other Place in association with A Zeldin Company, Coriolanus, Mnemonic (2024, a co-production with Complicité), Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), Till the Stars Come Down, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Confessions, Dear England, The Motive and the Cue, Death of England: Closing Time and Romeo and Julie
Associate Director
Mumba Dodwell
Mumba Dodwell
Mumba Dodwell is a London-based actor, director and facilitator.
Death of England Parts I, II and III
Watch the previous episodes of Death of England on National Theatre at Home.
Death of England
Death of England: Delroy
