Bloodsport - After Helen of Troy
By Ava PickettYears after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a woman's...
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By David Lindsay-AbaireKimberly Levaco is excited to celebrate her upcoming sweet 16 – never mind the fact she looks 74, due to a rare genetic condition prematurely ageing her about four times faster than her friends. Or, she would be excited if her family hadn't suddenly moved town under suspect circumstances, meaning she's a little...
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By Darren Raymond after MolièreIn the lead-up to Christmas, the outspoken Afolabi?Williams family gathers at Oga Afolabi's mansion for their annual four-week reunion, a tradition always fraught with drama. This year is especially eventful as preparations unfold for Marianne's wedding to Valere. Tensions escalate with the arrival of Tartuffe, a seemingly...
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Fire Fire
By John WebberArcola Theatre, London
& touring
Today, Eddie is holding a memorial for his brother at a park near their council estate. Today is also the day Paige decides to close the road to this countryside sanctuary in a protest about climate action. Naturally, when the pair meet, sparks fly, insults are traded in a fiery exchange, and they expect never to see each other again. But they do. Again. And again. And again. Until they feel there's no choice but to join forces and take drastic action together.
See cast, creatives, and 4 reviewsMan to Man
By Manfred Karge, translated by Anthony Vivis, revised by Stephen UnwinRoyal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London
UK premiere Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, 1987
In 1930s Germany, a woman puts on her dead husband's trousers and never takes them off. As the world around her changes, she endures war and dictatorship, hunger and humiliation – always fighting to stay alive.
See cast, creatives, and 10 reviewsNight City
By Max WilkinsonSouthwark Playhouse Borough - The Little, London
Set in a city that never sleeps, Night City follows three people pushed to their limits as they try to survive. Based on real experiences within the gig economy, it explores what it means to build a life in a world of insecure work; an ode to London and its invisible workforce. Told through the interwoven stories of a driver, a care worker and a waitress, the play captures a world of late-night rides and invisible labour. Jack chases money behind the wheel, Tamara tries to hold onto compassion in a care system under pressure and Riva arrives in London hoping to start again, only to find that the life she imagined is harder to build than she expected.
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