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The Score Theatre Royal Haymarket

A flailing genius and a rising king confront their intimately held beliefs before a court full of the 18th century’s greatest intellectuals.

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Drama lovers | History buffs | Fans of music

Why Watch The Score

Like a great fugue, Trevor Nunn’s grand non-musical exploration of one of the greatest composers builds its power through precise counterpoint. Brian Cox, fresh from his seismic success in TV’s Succession, brings that same domineering presence to Bach alongside his real-life spouse, Nicole Ansari-Cox. Nunn’s ‘magnetic’ (Daily Telegraph) portrait of power and prowess serves as a painful reminder of how civilization's highest achievements coexist with its darkest impulses. In an era of diminishing theatrical ambition, Oliver Cotton’s intimate play delivers the rare pleasure of watching two maestros wage a war of intellect in period costume.

The Story

It is spring in 1747. Unbeknownst to the soft breeze, a sinister trap is being laid inside Frederick the Great's Potsdam palace, where Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach’s fifth-born son is the court composer. The challenge is simple enough - an ostensibly difficult theme must be adapted into a fugue. Here is Bach, a divinely inspired and morally uncompromising musical genius, forced to pay homage to a monarch whose enlightened rule has left Silesia's fields littered with corpses. What begins as Frederick's attempt to humiliate an aging Lutheran composer evolves into something far more dangerous: a confrontation between a man of God and a recklessly godless autocrat.

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Show details

Genre: Play

Start date: Feb 20, 2025

Closing date: April 26, 2025

Theater name: Theatre Royal Haymarket

Find the best seats in the house with the Theatre Royal Haymarket Seating Plan.

Theater facilities: Toilets, bar, air conditioning

Theater accessibility: Wheelchair accessible, Assistive Listening System, adapted toilets

Dress code: Smart casual

Cast & crew

  • Director: Trevor Nunn

  • Writer: Oliver Cotton

  • Leading roles: Brian Cox as Johann Sebastian Bach and Nicole Ansari-Cox as Anna Bach.

Additional tips

  • Most theaters are air-conditioned year-round, so it can get a bit chilly. Bring a light jacket just in case.

  • Children (under 16) must be accompanied by an adult and carry a valid ticket. Children under 5 will not be permitted inside the theater.

  • You will receive an email with your The Score voucher. Please display the same on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID.

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