Ken Urban’s A Guide for the Homesick received its European premiere last week at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios. This “blisteringly intense evening” is “simultaneously warmly funny and deeply moving”, said Rachel Halliburton in her Arts Desk review. What have other critics been saying? We’ve rounded up some of our favourite review highlights below. Time to get booking!
A Guide for the Homesick Q&A video: Is coming out a political act? Can it help save someone else?
The night after they faced the press, the team behind the European premiere production of A Guide for the Homesick faced a packed audience, most of whom stayed on to take part enthusiastically in our post-show discussion.
FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS: Douglas Booth & Clifford Samuel in ‘blisteringly intense’ A Guide for the Homesick
Ken Urban’s A Guide for the Homesick received its European premiere last night. This “blisteringly intense evening” is “simultaneously warmly funny and deeply moving”, Rachel Halliburton says today in her four-star Arts Desk review. And, tonight, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock chairs a post-show Q&A with the writer, director and stars. Sneak a peek at new production photos – and then get booking!
‘The play asks us a question about choice & consequence’: In conversation with A Guide for the Homesick’s writer Ken Urban & director Jonathan O’Boyle
With a new play, the collaboration between writer and director is paramount. Jeremy Stoller, who dramaturged Ken Urban’s A Guide for the Homesick prior to its world premiere in Boston in 2017, interviews Urban and director Jonathan O’Boyle as the play readies for its European premiere next week at Trafalgar Studios. Time to get booking!
WATCH: Douglas Booth & Clifford Samuel in A Guide for the Homesick show trailer
How do you deal with homesickness? We’re counting down to the European premiere of Ken Urban’s taut American two-hander A Guide for the Homesick. Watch this stylish new trailer for Stage Traffic’s production starring Douglas Booth and Clifford Samuel. Time to get booking!
PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for A Guide for the Homesick’s European premiere
What fears have Douglas Booth and Clifford Samuel been confessing in the rehearsal room as they prepare for the European premiere of A Guide for the Homesick? Sneak a peek with our photo gallery – and then get booking!
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the European premiere of A Guide for the Homesick
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Friday 19 October 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Trafalgar Studios for the European premiere of new American thriller A Guide for the Homesick. Got any questions?
3Women Q&A video: What does Katy Brand mean by ‘omnibiographical’?
So much laughter at last week’s post-show Q&A for Katy Brand’s debut play 3Women, now running at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios 2 until 9 June 2018! Watch the video of the post-show Q&A chaired by Mates co-founder Terri Paddock…
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to quiz Katy Brand about making her playwriting debut with 3Women
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 17 May 2018 at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to comic Katy Brand about making her playwriting debut with 3Women, a comedy (naturally!) about three generations of women and their perspectives on feminism. Got any questions?
LATE COMPANY – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★★
It often puzzles me why sharp little stage gems like this don’t get pounced on by TV – notably the BBC – instead of commissioners wasting our eyesight on gloopy dramas custom-built to challenge nobody. Here it is, a neat 75 minutes, bang-on topical and sharply written by Jordan Tannahill, then only 23.
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Why has the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) got involved with the play? Why did the director choose not to relocate the play to the UK? How have the actors visualised the absent but ever-present Joel and their characters’ relationships with him?
Michael Yale on Late Company: What a 23-year-old playwright taught me about parenting
The European premiere of Late Company, now transferring to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios, has attracted a lot of Mates’ attention. Here, director Michael Yale explains what first attracted him to the play.