Handbagged 2022

Opened: September 9, 2022
Closing: October 22, 2022

Handbagged - 2022 - West End History , Info & More

Kiln Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road London NW6 7JR London

Following the sold-out 2013 season and subsequent West End and New York runs The Queen and the Iron Lady are reunited once again on the Kiln stage.



The monarch.

Her most powerful subject.

Born six months apart, each had a destiny that would change the world. But when the stiff upper lip softened and the gloves came off, which one had the upper hand?



Indhu Rubasingham directs Moira Buffini’s wickedly funny hit-comedy that imagines what the world’s most powerful women Margaret Thatcher and Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, talked about behind closed palace doors.



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Captioned Performance: 29 September, 7.30pm

Audio Described Performance: 20 October, 7.30pm

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