Polly Findlay (pictured above with Derren Brown) will direct David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year.
Playing from 13 March (press night 20 March) to 27 April, Proof tells the story of Catherine, a young woman who has spent five years caring for her mentally ill father, a well-known and talented mathematician. When one of her father’s ex-students discovers a ground-breaking proof in his office, two questions are presented: who is behind this brilliant piece of work and, as Catherine struggles to solve it, just how much of her father’s madness – or genius – has she inherited?
Director Findlay has enjoyed an eclectic career in the past few years, having directed productions including Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone at the National Theatre, illusionist Brown’s Olivier Award-winning stage show Svengali on tour and in the West End, and Shelagh Delaney’s kitchen sink drama A Taste Of Honey at Sheffield Theatres.
Featuring designs by Helen Goddard (The Village Bike at the Royal Court theatre) and lighting by Paul Anderson (Complicite’s The Master And Margarita), Proof will open at the Menier Chocolate Factory following the Maria Friedman-directed musical Merrily We Roll Along, which plays until 9 March.