Ovalhouse to premiere two new plays as part of new season
Two new plays are to premiere as part of the new summer season announced for Ovalhouse in south London.
Donnacadh O’Briain
Olivier Award-Winning Rotterdam Returns To West End
Donnacadh O’Briain’s award-winning production of Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam will return to London for a limited season at the Arts Theatre from 11 June – 15 July 2017. Tickets are on sale now. Alice wants to come out as a lesbian. Her girlfriend Fiona wants to start living as a man. It’s New Year in Rotterdam, and Alice has finally plucked up the courage to email her parents and tell them she’s gay. But before she can hit send, Fiona reveals that he has always identified as male and now wants to start living as a man named Adrian. Now, as Adrian confronts the reality of his transition, Alice faces a question she never thought she’d ask… does this mean she’s straight? Rotterdam was the winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. Alice McCarthy, Anna Martine Freeman, Ed Eales-White and Ellie Morris will reprise … Read more
Rotterdam Transfers To Trafalgar Studios
Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam will transfer from Theatre503 to Trafalgar Studios for a limited season from 26 July to 27 August 2016.
REVIEW: Lesere, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭
In terms of lighting, set, costumes, sound and design the creative team led by director Donnacadh O’Briain do a very solid job, alongside the cast. But the professionalism of the production cannot make up for the fact that an interesting concept and scenario does not find a convincing, sustained realisation in the writing.
