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Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
🦄 Unicorn isn’t what you think it is.
In Mike Bartlett's newest play, you're lured in with the promise of a cheeky British sex comedy—but beneath the laughs, this play rips apart assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
So how does Unicorn break the mould?
In Mike Bartlett's newest play, you're lured in with the promise of a cheeky British sex comedy—but beneath the laughs, this play rips apart assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
So how does Unicorn break the mould?
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🦄 Unicorn isn’t what you think it is.
In Mike Bartlett's newest play, you're lured in with the promise of a cheeky British sex comedy—but beneath the laughs, this play rips apart assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
So how does Unicorn break the mould?
In Mike Bartlett's newest play, you're lured in with the promise of a cheeky British sex comedy—but beneath the laughs, this play rips apart assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
So how does Unicorn break the mould?
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
The iconic Muses are ready to bring the house down, with:
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The iconic Muses are ready to bring the house down, with:
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
Joining the previously announced Luke Brady as Hercules is:
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Joining the previously announced Luke Brady as Hercules is:
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
🎭 Find out who's going the distance… Disney’s Hercules is gearing up for its West End debut at Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer, and the full cast has been announced! 🌟⚡
📸 by Matt Crockett
📸 by Matt Crockett
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎭 Find out who's going the distance… Disney’s Hercules is gearing up for its West End debut at Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer, and the full cast has been announced! 🌟⚡
📸 by Matt Crockett
📸 by Matt Crockett
🎙️ Graham: "We still live in the long shadow of the 2008 financial crash..so it feels right to be interrogating it artistically. But we hope to do so in a show full of music and story, larger-than-life characters, cheeky humour, and some ghosts from Scotland’s centuries’ long past thrown in as well…”
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎙️ Graham: "We still live in the long shadow of the 2008 financial crash..so it feels right to be interrogating it artistically. But we hope to do so in a show full of music and story, larger-than-life characters, cheeky humour, and some ghosts from Scotland’s centuries’ long past thrown in as well…”
🎭 Brian Cox to star in James Graham’s new satire Make It Happen, as the National Theatre of Scotland announces its full 2025 season 🏴
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎭 Brian Cox to star in James Graham’s new satire Make It Happen, as the National Theatre of Scotland announces its full 2025 season 🏴
Directed by Finn den Hertog, this gripping drama explores addiction, masculinity, and faith. Set within the world of Alcoholics Anonymous, The Fifth Step follows James and Luka as they navigate friendship, confessions, and the secrets that could shake their recoveries. 🌀☕
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Directed by Finn den Hertog, this gripping drama explores addiction, masculinity, and faith. Set within the world of Alcoholics Anonymous, The Fifth Step follows James and Luka as they navigate friendship, confessions, and the secrets that could shake their recoveries. 🌀☕
🎭 Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden are to star in the West End premiere of David Ireland’s The Fifth Step, transferring after a celebrated premiere at the Edinburgh Festival! 🌟
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🎭 Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden are to star in the West End premiere of David Ireland’s The Fifth Step, transferring after a celebrated premiere at the Edinburgh Festival! 🌟
An Oak Tree, written, performed, and co-directed by Crouch, features a different guest artist each night—stepping on stage with no rehearsal or script beforehand. 🎤👀
First guest artists include: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Russell Tovey, and Indira Varma. More to be announced!
First guest artists include: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Russell Tovey, and Indira Varma. More to be announced!
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An Oak Tree, written, performed, and co-directed by Crouch, features a different guest artist each night—stepping on stage with no rehearsal or script beforehand. 🎤👀
First guest artists include: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Russell Tovey, and Indira Varma. More to be announced!
First guest artists include: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Michelle Terry, Luke Thompson, Russell Tovey, and Indira Varma. More to be announced!
🎭 Just announced: Tim Crouch’s groundbreaking play, An Oak Tree returns to the Young Vic this May to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a host of special guest stars 🌳✨
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🎭 Just announced: Tim Crouch’s groundbreaking play, An Oak Tree returns to the Young Vic this May to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a host of special guest stars 🌳✨
🎭👩⚖️ More details have been released for the world premiere of Inter Alia at National Theatre, a gripping new drama from the team behind Prima Facie.
January 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎭👩⚖️ More details have been released for the world premiere of Inter Alia at National Theatre, a gripping new drama from the team behind Prima Facie.
“Saving the world is filthy business,” says Don Pearlman in Kyoto.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“Saving the world is filthy business,” says Don Pearlman in Kyoto.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
Stephen Kunken is mesmerising as Don Pearlman in Kyoto. His performance is razor-sharp, intellectual, and deeply menacing.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Stephen Kunken is mesmerising as Don Pearlman in Kyoto. His performance is razor-sharp, intellectual, and deeply menacing.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
The immersive staging of Kyoto at @sohoplace centres the action on a UN-style roundtable with delegates seated among the audience.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The immersive staging of Kyoto at @sohoplace centres the action on a UN-style roundtable with delegates seated among the audience.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Kyoto charts the behind-the-scenes battles of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement on climate change.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Kyoto charts the behind-the-scenes battles of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement on climate change.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
🌍🔥 As Kyoto premiered in London, 5,500 miles away in Los Angeles, the planet is literally on fire.
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌍🔥 As Kyoto premiered in London, 5,500 miles away in Los Angeles, the planet is literally on fire.
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
🎭 Exciting news for theatre lovers: the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre revival of Fiddler on the Roof is transferring to the Barbican Theatre this summer, followed by a UK and Ireland tour! 🎻✨
January 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎭 Exciting news for theatre lovers: the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre revival of Fiddler on the Roof is transferring to the Barbican Theatre this summer, followed by a UK and Ireland tour! 🎻✨