In Complicite’s The Master And Margarita a man travels from Moscow to Yalta at the speed of light. A writer burns his novel. A woman goes to hell and back to save her lover. All the while, Pontius Pilate argues with Jesus about the nature of human worth.

The enigmas that bind Mikhail Bulgakov’s violent, poetic maelstrom of a novel are one reason it is hailed as a masterpiece of Russian literature, remaining timeless and vital to this day.

Simon McBurney’s award-winning company Complicite returns to the Barbican with a new adaptation of this classic Soviet satire, following the success of Shun-kin and A Disappearing Number.

Age guidance 14+