Kimberly Akimbo
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 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...
Continue reading...For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf
By Ntozake ShangeStories of love and violence, joy and survival - and what it feels like to come out the other side. Ntozake Shange's choreopoem returns - fifty years on from its first performance - in a new production, directed by Diane Page, with original music by Jammz. Grief becomes chant....
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Man 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 6 reviewsTartuffe (Remixed)
By Darren Raymond after MolièreMarylebone Theatre, London
In 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 devout man who has quickly gained Oga's trust and a permanent place in the household, despite others' suspicions. As the holiday approaches, the family must confront rising conflicts over faith, manipulation, and control beneath their polished traditions.
See cast, creatives, and 7 reviewsThe Children
By Lucy KirkwoodLyric Hammersmith Theatre, London
Hazel and Robin have survived a catastrophe. Living on the edge of a radiation exclusion zone, Hazel still practises her yoga and Robin's brewing parsnip wine. They are trying to keep going, clinging onto normality. That is until their old friend Rose knocks on the door. With her she brings old memories, buried secrets – and a proposition. One which tests their loyalty and forces them to confront their debt to the next generation.
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