A swirling cosmos and a giant planetarium have been recreated for an ambitious staging of Life Of Galileo, Bertolt Brecht’s masterpiece about the 17th-century astronomer.
Life Of Galileo marks a collaboration with 59 Productions, whose video work featured in the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
Wright said: “We’re in a post-truth society where the maintenance of an ideology is more important than the truth.
The production marks a return to live performance by Joe Wright, one of the UK’s foremost film directors.