“Does a flawless face exist?”
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.
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.
A razor-sharp satire about beauty, identity and self-love.
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Praise for Broken Nose Theatre’s production of An Ideal Husband:
"Fresh and clear and alive… One of the best pieces of theatre I’ve seen in years"– Mark Ravenhill, playwright
"A miracle. Endlessly truthful. Rigorously inventive"– Simon Stephens, playwright
"A groundbreaking theatrical event… A production that feels utterly of the moment"– Dominic Cooke, Almeida Theatre Artistic Director
The Company
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German Segal
Lette
German Segal
Lette
Undeclared War (Channel 4), Wolf Hall (BBC). Previous Broken Nose productions include: An Ideal Husband. Training: Moscow Art Theatre School.
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Anastasia Velique
Fannie
Anastasia Velique
Fannie
Worked with Brusnikin Studio Theatre, performing at Moscow Art Theatre, Praktika Theatre, Theatre.DOC and Meyerhold Center. Her numerous credits include acclaimed productions such as This Is Also Me, The Devils and Motherland. She received the Gold Leaf Award for Best Actress and has worked as an acting tutor since 2016, teaching and directing at arts RADA, Guildhall, and elsewhere. Training: Moscow Art Theatre School.
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Michael Tcherepashenets
Scheffler
Michael Tcherepashenets
Scheffler
Previous credits: Film/TV: Secret Service (ITV). Theatre: Machinal (Orange Tree Theatre), Memorial Prayer (State Russian Theatre, Lithuania), Breathing Together (State Russian Theatre, Lithuania). Previous Broken Nose productions: An Ideal Husband. Training: LAMDA.
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Dan Wolff
Karlman
Dan Wolff
Karlman
Dan Wolff is a British actor with an extensive range of theatre, television and radio credits. His stage work includes Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Leopoldstadt in the West End, directed by Patrick Marber, and Habeas Corpus at the Menier Chocolate Factory. He has also appeared in The Arc: A Trilogy of Jewish Plays at Soho Theatre and 0.43% at Kiln Theatre, demonstrating his experience across a diverse range of contemporary and classical theatre.
Dan’s screen credits include Lockerbie: A Search for Truth for Sky and We Were the Lucky Ones for Hulu. His work also extends to radio, including Chicken Soup with Barley for BBC Radio 4.
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Marius von Mayenburg
Writer
Marius von Mayenburg
Writer
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.
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Maja Zade
Translator
Maja Zade
Translator
Maja Zade is a playwright, translator and head of dramaturg at the Schaubühne Berlin, where she has worked with directors such as Thomas Ostermeier, Ivo van Hove, Luk Perceval, Benedict Andrews and Marius von Mayenburg. Her plays have been performed in Germany and abroad. Her translations into German include works by Lars von Trier, Arnold Wesker and Caryl Churchill, and she has translated into English works by Marius von Mayenburg, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Lars Norén and Falk Richter.
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Ramin Gray
Director
Ramin Gray
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.
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Abhinav Shankar Mishra
Lighting Designer
Abhinav Shankar Mishra
Lighting Designer
Abhinav Shankar Mishra is a London-based lighting designer and performance artist, trained in Production and Technical Theatre for Stage and Screen at LAMDA. His technical practice spans lighting design, stage management and sound engineering. Alongside his work in theatre, Mishra is an accomplished Kathak performer and teacher, trained across the Lucknow, Jaipur and Benaras gharanas. He is Resident Kathak Teacher at The Bhavan, London, and has performed at venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre and the V&A. His combined experience in performance and technical theatre informs a lighting practice particularly attentive to movement, rhythm and the relationship between bodies and space.
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Anastazja Iskra
Producer, Broken Nose Theatre
Anastazja Iskra
Producer, Broken Nose Theatre
Anastazja Iskra is a theatre producer and performer working across the UK and Europe. She trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School and has worked in theatre, cultural production and the charitable sector in Poland and internationally. As Producer at Broken Nose Theatre, she has helped develop the company’s programme and produced its recent London work, including An Ideal Husband, The Revival and The Ugly One.
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Joshua Herberg
Associate Director
Joshua Herberg
Associate Director
Joshua Herberg is a director working across theatre and opera. Previous credits include adaptations of Chekhov and Beckett, as well as operatic repertoire including Britten, Nyman and Purcell. His work draws on his training in Biomechanics and Theatre Anthropology, combining music, movement and text. He previously collaborated with Ramin Gray and Broken Nose Theatre as Associate Director on An Ideal Husband.
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