The Land of the Living Tickets

Take one National Treasure Stephen Daldry CBE. Stir in some Juliet Stevenson (The Doctor), and weave a brand new story by David Lan CBE. The result is an extraordinary story about the children displaced after World War Two.

Juliet Stevenson is loved for her work on TV, in film and on stage. She has played a host of roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. She was nominated for Oscars for her work on Measure for Measure, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Yerm and won 1992’s Olivier for Best Actress for Death and the Maiden. She was Olivier-nominated a fifth time for Duet for One.

Multi-talented director and playwright

Director Stephen Daldry CBE works on film, TV and stage. He’s won three Tony awards for his Broadway work plus an Olivier Award in the West End. He was given Academy Award nominations for Best Director for the films Billy Elliot, The Hours, and The Reader.

Daldry is maybe best known these days for Netflix’s The Crown, received a Producers Guild Award nomination and win along with two Primetime Emmy nominations and Primetime Emmy wins for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His theatre work includes An Inspector Calls, Machinal, Billy Elliot: The Musical, Skylight and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

Playwright David Lan CBE trained as an actor and spent time as writer in residence at the Royal Court Theatre from 1995 to 1997. He was artistic director at the Young Vic from 2000 to 2018 and so far he has produced over 200 shows.