BWW Review: WORLD'S END, King's Head Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 30, 2019
It's the late 1990s and Ben (Tom Milligan) and his mother's Viv (Patricia Potter) have just moved to the World's End Estate in Chelsea from Norfolk. Their neighbours are Ylli (Nikolaos Brahimllari) and his son Besnik (Mirlind Bega), who have escaped the Kosovo War years before. When the two teenagers find out that they both love video games, they begin to get closer and strive to break free from the (extremely different) conventions set by their parents.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with WORLD'S END
by Julie Musbach - Aug 23, 2019
World's End is the debut play from upcoming writer James Corley; an LGBT love story which will run at The King's Head Theatre from 27th August to 21st September and will be the closer of the venue's ever popular Queer Season.
WORLD'S END Comes to The Kings Head
by Stephi Wild - Jul 1, 2019
It's November 1998 on the World's End Estate in Chelsea. Energetic single mum Viv (Patricia Potter; Holby City) has just moved in with her shy, troubled son Ben (Tom Milligan; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End), eager to start afresh and escape economic precarity. Next door, single father and painter-cum-security guard Ylli and his confident, yet enigmatic son Besnik are also negotiating their horizons, against the televised backdrop of catastrophe in their native Kosovo.
King's Head Theatre Announces 2019 Queer Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 19, 2019
The King's Head Theatre today announces the full line-up for its 2019 Queer Season. Established in 2015, the Queer Season is a celebration of the most interesting and innovative LGBTQI+ theatre being created in the UK, and features revivals and transfers alongside world premieres of brand new work.
BWW Review: THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE, Hampstead Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Oct 31, 2017
We're back in the world of ration books, blackouts and spam fritters, as Nicholas Wright delves into the home front via his adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's 1947 novel. Though there's a certain period chintz about Jonathan Kent's production, darker undercurrents make this a more complex proposition than it first appears.
BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar Talks THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE
by Marianka Swain - Oct 27, 2017
Actress Fenella Woolgar's work ranges from Handbagged and Circle Mirror Transformation to Home Fires and Doctor Who. She's currently starring in the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's The Slaves of Solitude, about a boarding house in 1943 Henley-on-Thames, where Miss Roach, who endures daily torment from a fellow occupant, becomes involved with an American serviceman. The play is now in previews at Hampstead Theatre.