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  • Alterations

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    National Theatre

    Lynette Linton (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Shifters) directs Michael Abbensetts’ (Sweet Talk, Empire Road) era-defining comedy, with additional material by Trish Cooke, in its largest ever staging. Celebrating this award-winning writer, the reinvigorated version of his seminal work illuminates the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation. We love… Continue reading Alterations

    £89.00

  • A Tupperware of Ashes

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    National Theatre

    Why book?  We loved Tanika Gupta’s adaption of A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith Meera Syal is starring in this heart-breaking family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death or rebirth “An ambitious Michelin-Star chef, Queenie is used to having the last word. But when her children notice gaps in… Continue reading A Tupperware of Ashes

    £68.00

  • The Hot Wing King

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    Full of laughter, song and healing, Katori Hall’s (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Mountaintop) Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise (‘Master Harold’… and the Boys, Nine Night). According to the NYT: Katori Hall’s genial play, built around a cooking contest in Memphis, uses a sitcom structure to explore… Continue reading The Hot Wing King

  • The Grapes of Wrath

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    National Theatre

    The great American novel reimagined Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California. Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to human… Continue reading The Grapes of Wrath

  • Infinite Life

    Featured 48h
    National Theatre

    A minute of this is an infinity. Five women in Northern California lie outside on chaises longues and philosophise. Annie Baker's (The Flick, The Antipodes) new play is a surprisingly funny inquiry into the complexity of suffering, and what it means to desire in a body that's failing you. James MacDonald (The Welkin, John) directs this bold, dreamlike story,… Continue reading Infinite Life

  • The House of Bernarda Alba

    Featured 48h
    National Theatre

    "You bring such scandal to my house. In the domaine of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter." Forced to live under their mother's tight grip as they mourn their father's death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom? Olivier Award-winner, and Tony and Emmy Nominee Dame Harriet Walter (Julius… Continue reading The House of Bernarda Alba

  • The Effect

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    "Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden intoxicating chemistry real, or a side effect of a new antidepressant? As two young volunteers in a clinical drug trial, their illicit romance poses startling dilemmas for the supervising doctors." Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Bergerac) directs Lucy Prebble's (Succession, Enron, A Very Expensive Poison)… Continue reading The Effect