Playhouse Creatures
28 April – 3 May
Anna Chancellor stars in this new production of April de Angelis’ bawdily funny and deeply poignant play.
It’s the swinging (16)60s, and ‘the merry monarch’ Charles II is on the throne. After violent civil war, England’s theatres have finally reopened and, for the first time, women are allowed to perform in public. In the West End, grande dame Mrs Betterton rules the roost. But there’s a new face in town: an orange-seller with dreams of stardom.
Playhouse Creatures celebrates five women grabbing this newfound freedom and making their way in an unfamiliar world. But at what price?
