National Theatre Live: After Life
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?
A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.
Cast
Olatunji Ayofe
Obafemi Taylor
Nino Furuhata
Young Ichiro Watanabe & Henry Thompson
Danielle Henry
One
Madeline Holliday
Jill Smart & Young Beatrice
Togo Igawa
Ichiro Watanabe
Anoushka Lucas
Katie Watanabe
Kevin McMonagle
Five
Jack James Ryan
Actor Harold & Graham Jenkins
Simon Startin
Three
Luke Thallon
Two
June Watson
Beatrice Killick
Millicent Wong
Four
Videos
Storyline
A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.
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