The Hard Problem

The National Theatre
28 January – May 2015 (previews from 21 January)
National Theatre Live broadcast
16 April 2015

Damien Molony (Spike) © John Persson

Damien played Spike in Tom Stoppard play The Hard Problem, at the National Theatre 21 January – 27 May 2015.
The play was also broadcast live to cinemas across the world as part of NT Live, 16 April 2015.

Cast:
Damien Molony
Olivia Vinall
Jonathan Coy
Anthony Calf
Vera Chok
Lucy Robinson
Rosie Hilal
Parth Thakera

Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Production: The National Theatre
Design: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Sound: Paul Arditto.

Synopsis

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
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'The Hard Problem'

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