Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening

Nov 1, 2023

2h 16m

★ 0.0

A time to learn. A time to rebel. A time to love. A time to burn.

Overview

A group of late 19th century German teenagers – silenced and controlled by a censorious society – discover a new world of feeling and freedom outside the classroom, with beautiful and devastating consequences.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Almeida Theatre

Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening Trailers

Cast

Wendla Bergmann

Amara Okereke

Melchior Gabor

Laurie Kynaston

Moritz Stiefel

Stuart Thompson

Ilse Neumann

Carly-Sophia Davies

Hänschen Rilow

Nathan Armarkwei-Laryea

Martha Bessell

Bella Maclean

Ernst Röbel

Zheng Xi Yong

Georg Zirschnitz

Joe Pitts

Otto Lämmermeier

Kit Esuruoso

Thea

Asha Banks

Anna

Maia Tamrakar

Adult Women

Catherine Cusack

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