The Ugly One

”Does a flawless face exist?” 

Following the acclaimed run of An Ideal Husband, Broken Nose Theatre presents Marius von Mayenburg’s iconic black comedy The Ugly One, directed by Ramin Gray. Twenty years after premiering The Ugly One at the Royal Court, Gray returns to Mayenburg’s play in a world that has fulfilled its prophecy.

Lette has everything: a successful career, a loving wife, and a brilliant invention. Then he discovers the one thing nobody dared tell him — he’s hideous. A radical operation to “resculpture the entire facial area” leads to consequences far beyond what he, or anyone else, could possibly imagine. A razor-sharp satire about beauty, identity and self-love.

Director: Ramin Gray                                

Associate Director: Joshua Herberg

Cast: 

John Rice (Juno and the Paycock, West End)

German Segal (The Undeclared War, Wolf Hall)

Michael Tcherepashenets (Secret Service)

Anastasia Velique (Brusnikin Theatre; Golden Mask) 

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Praise for Broken Nose Theatre's production of An Ideal Husband:

“The play emerges fresh and clear and alive. The uniformly excellent cast perfectly match truth with style. One of the best pieces of theatre I’ve seen in years”- Mark Ravenhill, playwright

“This production of An Ideal Husband is a miracle. Endlessly truthful. Rigorously inventive. It's a production born out of ferocious curiosity. It resonates as deeply now as it ever did and in this startling staging the play lives with more vitality and urgency than I have seen in Wilde.” - Simon Stephens, playwright

“A groundbreaking theatrical event...the international cast is uniformly excellent. The result is a production that feels utterly of the moment — as if the play had been written today.” - Dominic Cooke, Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre

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About the Director: 

Ramin Gray is one of Britain's leading theatre directors, having staged over 15 world premieres at the Royal Court, Young Vic, the Barbican, Royal Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company and in many leading European theatres. Gray served as International Associate at the Royal Court from 2000 and then Associate Director until 2009. His productions have won numerous awards in the UK and Europe. 

About the Playwright: 

Marius von Mayenburg has written more than 20 plays, including The Ugly One, The Stone, Martyr, and Plastic. Marius von Mayenburg's work has been translated into over 30 languages and performed both in Germany and abroad. He has worked extensively at the Schaubühne alongside Thomas Ostermeier.