Abigail Cruttenden

Guest Blog: 'How Do You Accept What You Have Done?': Writer Katherine Moar on Truth and Fiction in Her New Play RAGDOLL
by Guest Author - Oct 22, 2025

My play Ragdoll takes place across two timelines. In 1978, a young American heiress is put on trial for her role in an armed bank robbery that has captivated the nation. In 2017, a disgraced celebrity lawyer calls upon a former client to help him redeem his reputation. The former really happened. The latter did not.

Review Roundup: RAGDOLL Opens at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 17, 2025

See what the critics are saying about Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre. Read the reviews for Ragdoll in BroadwayWorld's Review Roundup here and learn more about the production.

Review: RAGDOLL, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Oct 15, 2025

In early 1974, American actress Patty Hearst was brutally abducted from her flat in California by the Symbionese Liberation Army, deemed the first far-left terrorist organisation. Faced with the choice of being released or joining the militia, Hearst decided to stay and fight with the dissidents. She was arrested over a year and a half later, after a series of serious felonies that included a bank robbery. Her 35-year sentence was reduced to 7, then pardoned altogether. Inspired by Hearst’s trial, Katherine Moar writes a look at fame and crime for the #MeToo age.

Photos: RAGDOLL at Jermyn Street Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2025

All new photos have been released from Katherine Moar’s Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre. Check out the photos here and learn more about the production!

Full Cast Set For World Premiere of Katherine Moar's RAGDOLL at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2025

With Cascando opening next week, Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the full cast for the world premiere of Katherine Moar’s Ragdoll. Learn more about the show here!

Photos: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS At Theatre Royal Bath
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2025

See first look photos of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at Theatre Royal Bath where it plays until 25 January 2025, before touring to Chichester, Malvern, Cheltenham, Oxford, Guildford, Canterbury, and Richmond. 

Martin Shaw, Gary Wilmot & More to Star in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2024

The cast has been revealed for Robert Bolt's award-winning play, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. See who is starring in the UK production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: HANDBAGGED, Kiln Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 16, 2022

Indhu Rubasingham's revival of Buffini’s play is playful and fiercely funny, whilst deftly tackling serious issues. It explores the battle of wills between two powerful women: The Queen and Margaret Thatcher, through the eleven years Thatcher served as Prime Minister.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For HANDBAGGED at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2022

All new rehearsal photos have been released for Handbagged at the Kiln Theatre.

Full Cast Announced For Kiln Theatre's Revival of Moira Buffini's HANDBAGGED
by Stephi Wild - Aug 1, 2022

With Zodwa Nyoni's The Darkest Part of the Night currently running at Kiln Theatre, Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham has announced the full company for her major revival of Moira Buffini's critically acclaimed Handbagged.

GHOSTS OF THE TITANIC Comes to the Park Theatre in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2022

Blending fact and fiction together, this new drama set in the days after the sinking of the Titanic charts the swirling of rumours, political distraction tactics and fake news that followed. A bereaved woman trying to find out the truth about her fiancé's death gets sucked into a maelstrom of questions.

BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream
by Gary Naylor - Apr 14, 2020

A surfeit of exposition and shouty scenes detract from an important story that resonates to this day.

25 Theatre Ticket Deals for TodayTix's Unbeatable Boxing Day Sale!
by TodayTix UK - Dec 24, 2019

We're feeling the Christmas cheer, so we wanted to bring you some amazing deals for London's top shows. All of these productions start at just £20 in our Unbeatable Boxing Day Sale. Great shows at great prices: it's your ticket to the best of London theatre. Merry Christmas, and happy theatregoing!

BWW Review: SWIVE, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Debbie Gilpin - Dec 13, 2019

Few English reigns have been quite as theatrical as that of Elizabeth I; from her fine gowns and jewellery to the youthful (or so she thought) wigs and makeup, she preserved her position as monarch by creating the characters of Gloriana and the Virgin Queen. This theatricality feeds into Ella Hickson's new play Swive, as a less familiar version of Elizabeth addresses the audience, tweaks history, and even plays with our expectations of the auditorium's surroundings.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC Leads December's Top 10 New London Shows
by Marianka Swain - Nov 25, 2019

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features!

Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For SWIVE [ELIZABETH]
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2019

Shakespeare's Globe has announced full casting for the world premiere of Swive [Elizabeth]. Created by award-winning writer Ella Hickson and award-winning director Natalie Abrahami, and designed by Ben Stones, this new play will shine candlelight on the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.

BWW Review: BLACK CHIFFON, Park Theatre
by Anthony Walker-Cook - Sep 20, 2019

Within the first 20 minutes of Lesley Storm's Black Ciffon, Alicia asks a?oeIs there enough gin?a?? Finally, I thought, a character I could get behind. But as Alicia's Freudian feelings for her son were diagnosed, I found that my initial assessments weren't quite apt. A smile broke on my face, offering a personal moment of levity during an otherwise middling play.

Lee Mack's NOT GOING OUT to Air Live on BBC One on Christmas
by Kaitlin Milligan - Nov 26, 2018

For the first time ever, Lee Mack's multi award-winning hit show, Not Going Out, is going out LIVE on BBC One this Christmas. 

Casting Announced For Regional Premiere Of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's HER NAKED SKIN
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2018

Salisbury Playhouse marks the centenary of women being given the right to vote with the regional premiere of Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz this autumn.

Acclaimed Family Chaos NOT GOING OUT Returns to BBC This March
by Macon Prickett - Feb 15, 2018

Lee Mack's multi award-winning hit show, and longest running sitcom on air, NOT GOING OUT returns to BBC One this March.