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Dipping into additional roles as the school’s headteacher Ms Mackenzie, and the local police officer offering a hand throughout the show, Hodgson has a myriad of different roles to play with and makes each their own.

Lane and Burstein are consummate pros, and there are considerable sparks of familial communication between the father and son they play with such warmth and understanding.An intermediary to help the audience see Caitlin’s struggles outside of home is her best (well, only) pal Nicole, who Hodgson brings to life with plenty of humour, charm, and spirit. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and he is a Fellow of University College, London. Since 2006 she has commissioned, developed and directed premieres with over 50 emerging and established playwrights.

In 1952 the play was adapted as a film Home at Seven directed by and starring Ralph Richardson, with many of the stage cast reprising their roles. If you want to appreciate the terrifying — and exhilarating — drama of ordinary folks discovering something extraordinary about themselves, better stick to Arthur Miller. All of our plays and video content on National Theatre at Home are captioned with optional subtitles. Cress Brown directed Ed Edward’s award-winning The Political History of Smack and Crack at Paines Plough's Roundabout, Soho Theatre and UK tour. Louis Rembges is an alumnus of the Royal Court’s Intro to Playwriting Group, and the recipient of the BOLD 2023 Playwriting Prize.Cress was resident director at the National Theatre Studio from 2007-2008 and although she has directed classical work nationally and internationally-including for the Globe, RSC and British Council-new writing is her passion. Two elderly eccentric gentlemen reminisce and their long monologues/dialogues are at times poignant and emotional but as well comic and amusing.

Bechdel Circle is a space to talk about queer and feminist theatre in an informal 'book club' style audience discussion.

This was translated through Amal’s character as she took on the role of motherhood after her and Yaz’s mother died. Even more extraordinary are Britney Frazier and Tristan Cunningham in a multitude of roles that invoke everyone from Cephus’ fellow farmers to the lowlifes he encounters when he tries life in the big city. The final inmate to be introduced was Alfred (Dan Finch) an alarming presence with his silence and aggressive vacant stare, given to carrying furniture on his head or off the stage! Constructed with snippets of autobiographical experiences from its creatives, Forever Home is a brand-new musical from Pauline Lockhart and Alan Penman, stitching together original music and lyrics with humour to show audiences that even when we cannot empathise with someone, there are still things we can do to help: they just have to recognise they need that help first.

Previously, her writing appeared in Theatre Bay Area, American Theatre, SF Weekly, the Village Voice and HowlRound. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1970, then transferred to Broadway where it ran for more than a hundred performances and was nominated for a Tony award.With astonishingly sparse dialogue, by the time the day is over and the shadows fall, we as an audience are moved to compassion, sympathy, and respect for these extraordinarily ordinary men. Following the lives of a group of friends who resided on Railton Road, this electric production will immerse audiences directly in the action through puppetry, verbatim theatre and scripted drama as the company re-tell this rich and expansive story. All recordings are captioned with optional subtitles, while many also offer audio description and a selection offer British Sign Language. You're invited to join a relaxed conversation about the themes raised by 'On Railton Road', and share your responses to the show. Fans of Cunningham’s chameleon-like performance in Cutting Ball Theater’s “Tenderloin,” from 2012, should rejoice.