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‘The cast all give strong performances’: COPS – Southwark Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Stephanie Ressort29th January 2020Leave a Comment

Beautifully evoking the late 1950s, there are lots of interesting ingredients in Cops and the successful laugh out loud moments are satisfying.

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‘The intimate space brings the audience into the play’: COPS – Southwark Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Elaine Chapman28th January 2020Leave a Comment

With racial tensions high, Mob rule rife and the corruption inside the police force ever-present, we embark on what appears to be the downfall of a section of the Mob.

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FIRST-LOOK: Arresting production photos & trailer for new 1950s-set police drama COPS

In Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content20th January 2020Leave a Comment

We need to take a trip down to the station. Check out our gallery of production photos and trailer for the world premiere of Tony Tortora’s COPS, set in a Chicago police precinct office in 1957. It’s just opened at Southwark Warehouse, where it’s running until 1 February 2020 only. Time to get booking!

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Watch COPS’s post-show Q&A: How does a new play feel like a finely minted period revival?

In Featured Shows, Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Terri Paddock20th January 2020Leave a Comment

To me, COPS, set in 1950s Chicago, comes across as so authentically period that it feels like it must be a finely minted revival. But it’s not: it’s a new play. Even more surprising then that it’s written by an author I’d never heard of before.

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‘My desire is to rise against the odds in a racist justice system’: Daniel Francis on his role in the premiere of COPS

In Featured Shows, Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content9th January 2020Leave a Comment

After his screen success in US fantasy series Once Upon a Time, London-born Daniel Francis returns to the UK stage to play an American detective in new 1950s-set play COPS at Southwark Playhouse. He told us more about what attracted him to the play. Time to get booking!

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REHEARSAL PHOTOS: Behind the scenes with the Cops fighting the mob at Southwark Playhouse

In Featured Shows, Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content6th January 2020Leave a Comment

You may have been munching mince pies over the holidays, but the police were working hard… including at London’s Southwark Playhouse where director Andy Jordan has been preparing his four-strong cast of COPS for their UK premiere. Check out our gallery of rehearsal photos – including an astonishingly adorable puppy! – and then get booking!

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Mob violence, mass consumerism & the arrival of Elvis: Andy Jordan on directing 1950s-set Cops

In Featured Shows, Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays by Featured Content2nd January 2020Leave a Comment

In Cops, written by ex American serviceman Tony Tortura, four policemen of different ages, classes and races in 1957 Chicago must work together to thwart the Mob. British director and producer Andy Jordan explains what drew him to the piece, which starts performances at London’s Southwark Playhouse on 15 January 2020…

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NEWS: Cops opens Southwark Playhouse’s 2020 programme, followed by The Last Five Years, Operation Mincemeat & more

In Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases20th December 2019

Southwark Playhouse has announced a new slate of productions for spring 2020 as they prepare to move into new premises. How many have you booked for already?

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the UK premiere of 1950s-set comedy-drama COPS

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Sticky by Terri Paddock20th December 2019Leave a Comment

As part of her ongoing post-show talk series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Southwark Playhouse for the official opening night of the UK premiere of COPS. Got any questions?

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Strindberg’s Women – Jermyn Street Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis14th November 2016Leave a Comment

August Strindberg is best known for the violence of his views on sexual politics. Miss Julie and Dance of Death are nothing if not agonised and agonising examinations of the hopeless wish to find equanimity in human relations between men and women.

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