A Doll's House
By Henrik Ibsen. Adpated by Anya ReissNora and Torvald's marriage vows are a binding contract, but when scandal threatens to wreck their lives, it's time to renegotiate the terms. Money, sex, power – this time nothing's off the table.
Continue reading...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman. Based on the novel by Ken KeseyInside a psychiatric facility, Chief Bromden has been silent for years — confined and maligned by a system that labels, divides and forgets. But he has a story to tell. He's just been waiting for someone to listen. Enter Randle P. McMurphy, a gambler and provocateur whose defiance unsettles the...
Continue reading...Heart Wall
By Kit WithingtonIt's Friday night and Franky is back at her local pub for the first time in years. Pints are poured, Motown music drifts from the tinny speakers, and karaoke starts at eight. It's reassuringly familiar. Like nothing's changed. But, haunted by grief, Franky's family are quietly unravelling around her. Her...
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Gush
By Jess BrodieTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Ally's ready to be a mum. She's done the antenatal classes, cleaned up her diet, and even forgone her beloved tea to avoid the caffeine. So why does something inside her still feel off? In the final days of pregnancy, Ally is determined to take control of her life while it's still hers. As she steps into the unknown, she's forced to confront who she truly is, and what she might lose – or find – when the baby arrives. Exploring self-identity, sexuality and the tension between compromise and sacrifice, GUSH considers what it means to discover what we want and dare to ask for it.
See cast, creatives, and 3 reviewsBoiler Room Six: A Titanic Story
By Tom ForemanPleasance Theatre, London
& touring
Witness the impossible true survival story of Titanic stoker Frederick Barrett. Working in the boiler rooms of the maiden voyage, Barrett's fight for survival is one of the most devastating accounts of the last few hours of Titanic. Boiler Room Six gives a voice to the sacrifice of the working men below deck who kept the ship afloat for as long as possible, saving hundreds of lives, whilst knowingly giving up on their own.
See cast, creatives, and 2 reviewsInvisible Me
By Bren GoslingSouthwark Playhouse Borough - The Little, London
World premiere of stage run
Haven't had a decent shag since the 1980s! Timid, Lynn is rattling around alone in the house she inherited from her mother, only venturing out to work shifts as a hotel cleaner; Jack, a recent widower, gay and HIV positive, finds himself on the singles market again after 35 years and at the mercy of dating Apps. Alec, divorced with a grown up family he rarely sees, can't define himself as anything other than the 20 year old punk who easily pulled the birds forty years ago. As these three Londoners enter their seventh decade, each has a different encounter. Sex is involved. From that moment on they stop being trapped in the past, and begin to envision the future through a new found identity. The Little
See cast, creatives, and 4 reviews