National Theatre Live: After Life

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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