Yes So I Said Yes – London Pub Theatres ★★★★ ½
by Mariam Matthew
by Mariam Matthew
“The Drunken City worked perfectly as a one act play”. Read the 4-star review from West End Wilma in full below… ‘The Drunken City’ premiered in New York City in 2008, receiving an Outer Critics nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play – and I can see why. Adam Bock has written a hilarious and thought-provoking…
read more‘Gripping and intense, sad and hopeful; a dramatic experience you shouldn’t miss.’ Read the 4-star review from Voice Mag below… Catherine and Anita is a play about mental illness and abuse, but it is also a play about friendship and hope. It is a stark reminder of those we so often let ourselves forget, and…
read more“A bold, creative and imaginative show”. READ THE 5-STAR REVIEW FROM BELOW… The Drunken City, despite sounding like a Daily Mail headline for any British metropolitan area, is written with such unsubtlety it could only be set in America. The odd British English idiom crept in, however, a possible deliberate ploy to make the production as engaging…
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read moreSarah Roy talks to FEMALE FIRST about her new show Catherine and Anita ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Actress Sarah Roy talks about her new play Catherine & Anita and the mix of challenges and cathartic relief that comes from playing such emotionally-charged characters every night. I remember seeing Cush Jumbo’s Josephine and I at the Bush Theatre a…
read moreDerek Ahonen, Playwright and Director of 19th Street Production’s ‘Catherine & Anita’ interviews about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performance. What was the inspiration for this performance? I had wanted to write a one person show for a decade, but never had a fully formed idea. When Sarah Roy, the star of the show, came to me…
read moreSarah Roy takes some time to talk to Voice about Catherine and Anita, inspirations, and to give advice to young people. Could you first introduce yourself to the reader? (Sarah Roy answers) I’m Sarah Roy, I’m the producer of the show and I also star in it. Derek Ahonen is the writer and director. How…
read moreScript Stagecraft Performance Catherine & Anita is a powerful & flippant piece of theatre. The brainchild of American writer/director Derek Ahonen, he has chosen as his mouth-piece the electric watch that is Sarah Roy, a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Together, they tell the story of Catherine & her…
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