They say moving is one of the most stressful things you can do. What happens when you move to your dream beachfront home that is ‘in need of renovation,’ you have a baby on the way, and your relationship is evolving fast? Add a flighty sister, and you’ve got the premise for Jo Harper’s new play The Beach House at the Park Theatre.
‘As much about life as it is death’: A Brief List Of Everyone Who Died – Finborough Theatre (Online review)
Quite apart from its quirky title, A Brief List Of Everyone Who Died, what immediately strikes the viewer is the elegance of the structure of this piece from American writer Jacob Marx Rice.
NEWS: Winners of the 10th anniversary Offies 2020 Awards are announced
Winners of the Offies 2020 Awards, held at Battersea Arts Centre, have been announced. It was the tenth anniversary year of the awards presented by Off West End.
‘Excellent all-around performances’: DR KORCZAK’S EXAMPLE – Leeds ★★★★★
Dr Korczak’s Example is a profoundly a powerful and moving play and a very poignant reminder to many who suffered under the clutches of Nazi persecution.
Terri trips: A Lesson from Aloes, A Hundred Words for Snow, Strike Up the Band
My recent theatre trips have included A Lesson from Aloes, A Hundred Words for Snow and Strike Up the Band. Here’s a round-up of my on-the-night reactions to each.
‘It’s a play about taking up space’: Lucy Atkinson on A Hundred Words for Snow & the joy of directing monologues
A Hundred Words of Snow, Tatty Hennessy’s coming-of-age adventure story, officially received its West End premiere last night at Trafalgar Studios, where Gemma Barnett stars until 30 March 2019. Check out our gallery of brand-new West End production photography – and then get booking!
‘Touches, entertains & teaches’: A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★★
A Hundred Words for Snow is a perfectly crafted one-woman show that touches, entertains and teaches, as it explores grief and polar exploration – a charming performance from Gemma Barnett.
‘There is an epic reach to its ambition’: A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW – Trafalgar Studios
Tatty Hennessy’s debut play A Hundred Words for Snow is a female monologue about loss and polar exploration that retains its attractive brightness and sass.
PHOTOS: A Hundred Words for Snow celebrates its West End premiere
A Hundred Words of Snow, Tatty Hennessy’s coming-of-age adventure story, officially received its West End premiere last night at Trafalgar Studios, where Gemma Barnett stars until 30 March 2019. Check out our gallery of brand-new West End production photography – and then get booking!
FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★★ Vault hit A Hundred Words for Snow transfers to Trafalgar Studios, read the reviews
Tatty Hennessy’s one-woman adventure story A Hundred Words of Snow gets its West End debut next week at Trafalgar Studios, already trailing a shedload of five-star accolade. We’ve rounded up our review highlights below. Time to get booking!
‘We all know climate change is happening, it’s getting worse & we’re the cause’: Playwright Tatty Hennessy on A Hundred Words for Snow
A Hundred Words of Snow, the acclaimed one-woman play about female empowerment and climate change, transfers to the West End next month. We caught up with playwright Tatty Hennessy about her own feminist role models and saving the world. Be sure to read Tatty’s fantastic Open Democracy piece on the power of stories too. Time to get booking!
VAULT Festival 2019 – 20 shows to see
With less than a week to go before the 2019 VAULT Festival opens, I wade my way through the catalogue and come up with 20 shows I think you should catch – in their own words.
‘It’s an angry cry for change’: Actress Gemma Barnett stars in Lola as part of the Vaults Festival
Actress Gemma Barnett spoke to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about starring in Papercut Theatre’s production of Hannah Nixon’s play Lola at The Vaults Festival.
NEWS: Award-winning climate change play A Hundred Words for Snow transfers from VAULT Festival to Trafalgar Studios
After success at this year’s VAULT Festival, including rave reviews from Mates Laura Kressly and Shanine Salmon, Tatty Hennessy’s one-woman play A Hundred Words of Snow transfers to Trafalgar Studios for a limited season in the new year… A Hundred Words of Snow will run at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios 2 from 5 to 30 March 2018, with a press …
‘A wonderful adventure that’s executed with clarity and precision’: A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW – Vault Festival
Equally endearing and moving with light touches of comedy, Tatty Hennessy’s A Hundred Words For Snow coming-of-age monologue is well-crafted, staged simply and performed with an easy vulnerability.
‘Moving without being hysterical’: A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW – Vault Festival
Hennessy is a strong writer, it would be difficult to ruin her work. In Lucy Jane Atkinson’s vision of A Hundred Words For Snow, it is a lot more scaled back than at the Arcola and I found this to be a positive.