Tatty Hennessy and Maud Dromgoole’s last collaboration, Acorn, was a hit in 2016. Now, as her own play A Hundred Words for Snow continues to critical acclaim at Trafalgar Studios, Hennessy again dons her director’s hat for Hennessy’s provocative new drama Mary’s Babies officially premiering tomorrow at Jermyn Street Theatre. Watch our videos with Tatty and her stars below – and then get booking!
REHEARSAL PHOTOS: How have Emma Fielding & Katy Stephens prepared to play 41 characters in Mary’s Babies?
As previews begin tonight (20 March 2019) for the world premiere of Maud Dromgoole’s Mary’s Babies, at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre, sneak a peek inside the rehearsal room with stars Katy Stephens and Emma Fielding, who play 41 parts between them. Respect! Time to get booking!
NEWS: Emma Fielding & Katy Stephens play 41 characters in Mary’s Babies premiere
Emma Fielding and Katy Stephens star in the world premiere of Maud Dromgoole’s Mary’s Babies, playing dozens of character who may all – unknowingly – be related. The premiere production, directed by A Hundred Words for Snow author Tatty Hennessy, runs at Jermyn Street Theatre from 20 March to 13 April, with a press night on 22 March. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Billy Bishop Goes To War transfers to the Southwark Playhouse
Billy Bishop Goes To War will transfer to the Southwark Playhouse from 13 March-6 April 2019 (press night is 15 March) following its successful run at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Written and Composed by John MacLachlan Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson, the production will see Charles Aitken (Younger Billy) and Oliver Beamish (Older Billy) reprising their roles.
‘Nixon gives a tour-de-force performance’: ORIGINAL DEATH RABBIT – Jermyn Street Theatre ★★★★★
Anything on the internet stays there forever – or so they say. For the ‘Original Death Rabbit’, being at the wrong place at the wrong time has meant that she’s trapped in the past, like an insect in amber… Written by Rose Heiney and directed by Hannah Joss, Original Death Rabbit is a one-woman about a former internet sensation.
‘Funny, sad & brilliantly performed’: ORIGINAL DEATH RABBIT – Jermyn Street Theatre
Funny, sad, brilliantly performed and with a cautionary message that feels more necessary by the day, Original Death Rabbit kicks off Jermyn Street Theatre’s 25th anniversary year in triumphant style. Highly recommended.
PHOTOS: Kimberley Nixon prepares to become an internet sensation with Original Death Rabbit
Jermyn Street Theatre’s 2019 PORTRAIT season opens this month with the stage premiere of Rose Heiney’s one-woman play for our internet age, Original Death Rabbit. Less than a week until television star Kimberley Nixon starts performances. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Kimberley Nixon stars in stage premiere of Rose Heiney’s Original Death Rabbit at Jermyn Street
Jermyn Street Theatre’s 2019 PORTRAIT season opens this month with the stage premiere of Rose Heiney’s one-woman play for our internet age, Original Death Rabbit. Less than a week until television star Kimberley Nixon starts performances. Time to get booking!
Twenty shows to look forward to in 2019
So many of the recommendations for shows to see next year focus on the West End. And for sure, I’m excited to catch big ticket numbers like All About Eve, Come From Away and Waitress, but I wanted to cast my eye a little further afield.
‘A good alternative to more typical Christmas theatre’: BURKE & HARE – Jermyn Street Theatre
Burke & Hare, a story of two men who murder people in order to sell their corpses to doctors in 1820s Edinburgh shouldn’t work as a dark character comedy with music. But largely work it does and this three-hander, though somewhat structurally clumsy, is a good alternative to more typical Christmas theatre.