The Man Outside
Written by Wolfgang Borchert
In a new translation & adaptation by Tom Kuhn
Directed by Walter Meierjohann
The Sainsbury Theatre
Saturday 6 – Thursday 11 June 2026
Content warnings: Contains themes of suicide and death, war trauma, PTSD, physical disability and political persecution including brief references to antisemitism. Explicit language used throughout.
Creative Team
Director
Designer
Producer
Assistant Producer
Movement & Intimacy Director
Musical Director
Voice Director
Associate Voice Director
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Assistant Director
Walter Meierjohann*
Finlay Jenner*
Rebecca Lyle*
Bobby Harding*
Nicoletta Bonanni*
James Michalos*
Tess Dignan*
Nina Zendejas*
Patrick McAneny
Ace Turner
Magnús Thorlacius
Cast
Girl / Colonel’s Daughter
Beckmann 4
Beckmann 3
Beckman 5
Frau Kramer / Colonel’s Daughter’s Husband
Elbe, the river / Colonel’s Wife
Colonel / One-Leg
Cabaret Producer
Beckmann 1
Street Cleaner / Death
The Other One Whom Everyone Knows
Beckmann 2
Greta Abbey
Saqib Bashir
Ben Boulton-Jones
Oliver Jacob Davies
Hannah Louise Dickson
Alex Keenan
Francis William Lie
Kai Mason
Joshua McCoy
Yasaman Mohsani
Jade O’Shaughnessy
Cathal Ó Síocháin
Production Team
Production Manager
Stage Manager
Deputy Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Managers
Props Supervisor
Caspar Edwards
Torrin Gieler
Aryan Sherifi
Erin Mitchell
Marcus Walton
Poppy Stewart
*LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Production Team
Production Lx
Production Sound Engineer
Production Carpenter
Sound Assistants
Lighting Technicians
Abigail Brophy
Holly Higgs
Ash Vaughan
Izzie Davies
Sam Haddock
Xander Owen
Manon Bonvoisin
Phoebe Ford
Sophie Robinson
Luke Warren
Sam Webb
Construction Crew
Roz Baglow
Harry Goff
Sophie Gomersall
Jack Moodie
Seoyoung Shin
Will Trow
Keira Waring
Costume Supervisor
Hana Underwood*
*LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
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