Francis James as Colin Powell and Byron Jennings as Tony Blair. Director Daniel Sullivan chose a small venue at the Newman Theater at the Public. This created an atmosphere such “as if the audience too is participating in this re-creation of recent events”. The production won the 2006 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble; 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Off-Broadway Play; and 2005-2006 OBIE Awards for Performance, Peter Francis James, Performance, Byron Jennings and Direction, Daniel Sullivan. A one-off revival of the play took place as a rehearsed reading at the National Theatre to mark the release of the Chilcot inquiry on July 6, 2016. Directed by David Hare, the production featured Alex Jennings returning to the role of George W. Bush, Julian Sands returning as Tony Blair and Bill Nighy as the Narrator. References External links Stuff Happens – original London production at the Olivier Theatre of the National Theatre (September–December 2004) Stuff Happens – New York production by The Public Theater (March 28, 2006 – June 25, 2006) 'Known Knowns', review in the Oxonian Review 2004 plays Plays by David Hare Iraq War in fiction