Going Through is the UK premiere of Estelle Savasta’s critically acclaimed French play Traversée. With a cast of two, it tells the story of Nour, (Charmaine Wombwell) who is raised…
When does the portrayal of poverty turn into glorified entertainment? Kieran Hurley’s Mouthpiece presents this question within the unlikely friendship between privileged playwright, Libby and working class teenage artist, Declan.…
The opening act of The Wasp establishes the most intriguing meeting between two disparate characters. Sat in the outside area of a coffee shop Carla is pregnant, chain-smoking, not looking…
1960s working class Liverpool: the setting of Oliver’s Lionel Bart’s lesser known work, Maggie May. With a book written by Alun Owen, writer of The Beatle’s A Hard Day’s Night, which garnered him an…
‘We are not all born equal’ is the tagline for this double bill of short plays exploring how it is to grow up as working class. Both pieces delve into…
Walking into the Bunker Theatre, you are immediately struck by Minglu Wang’s set design; it’s an attack of the senses with fresh flowers winding around railings, hanging from the ceiling…
Hair the Musical, is continuing to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a UK tour, which opened this week at The New Wimbledon Theatre. The legendary rock musical, featuring the iconic…
Acts of Disunion presents two different plays and visions about ‘Brexit Britain.’ In Button, the population is forced to live in bunkers after a catastrophic event. There is a button…
The story of Mary Barton and Bertold Wiesner is a fascinating one; pioneers of artificial insemination from the late 1930’s to 1967, they used Wiesner’s sperm to impregnate thousands of…
