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An invitation to a party you won’t want to miss.

Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece bursts into life with a bold new reimagining co-produced by Storyhouse, Harlow Playhouse and CutToTheChase Productions and adapted and directed by award-winning director Jen Heyes, co-created alongside Olivier Award-winning artist Kit Green (aka Wilton’s Music Hall favourite Ida Barr) who also embodies the lead role and a host of other characters.

Mrs Dalloway fuses theatre, live music and film into a dazzling, theatrical feast.

This immersive adaptation brings Woolf’s radical novel roaring into the now. Over the course of one extraordinary day, lives intertwine. Memory, identity and loss collide and at the centre stands Clarissa Dalloway; vivacious, complex, unforgettable.

Funny and moving, Mrs Dalloway is a vibrant celebration of life, love, survival, and the moments that make us who we are.

Written and performed by Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole
Direction and dramaturgy by Adam Brace

★★★★★ ‘This is political theatre that is true, and hilarious and horrifying’ – The Independent

Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole (Sh!t Theatre) were invited to the European Capital of Culture, Valetta, in 2018. They thought they would have a holiday, interview some expats and get drunk.

They found a lot more than they expected – mystery and murder in the fight to be European. Join Becca and Louise in this rollicking and riotous exploration of immigration and home which could not be more topical today.

Recently seen at the Purcell Room in a sell-out season of EVITA TOO – Sh!t Theatre present their award-winning show at Wilton’s Music Hall.

★★★★ ‘funny, furious, daft and anarchic.’ – The Stage.

The Holden Street Theatre Award (Adelaide, 2019)
Edinburgh Fringe First (2019)

Production photographer Bronwen Sharp

In association with Judith Dimant Productions

James Seabright presents Gill Hicks

Still Alive (and Kicking) returns to Wilton’s following its London premiere in 2025 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings.

Experience a special evening with this multi award-winning, five-star performance.

Haunting, raw, uplifting and life affirming, this extraordinary show is a celebration of being alive, a transformative journey masterfully told by artist and London 7/7 bombing survivor, Gill Hicks.  

Still Alive (and Kicking) features internationally acclaimed musicians including violinist, Dr Julian Ferraretto, framing Hicks’ soulful jazz voice and her powerful projected artworks, leaving audiences spellbound by the visual and sensory feast.  

Gill Hicks is one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist Bombings on July 7th, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee. 

“This extraordinary woman… is much-garlanded. Hicks is a winning narrator… laugh-out-loud funny.” 
★★★★★ Evening Standard 

“A story of love, strength, resilience, humanity and gratitude told by the always compelling Gill Hicks.”  ★★★★★ ART (Adelaide Review Team) 

“A life-enhancing and endorsing experience… told with exquisite lightness.” ★★★★★ The Barefoot Review 

“About remembering to be grateful for every precious moment” SA Life Magazine  

Pam Stubbs has been sub-postmistress of Barkham Post Office for over twenty years, respected and loved by the community. But when unexplained discrepancies start appearing in her accounts, Pam soon finds herself at the heart of the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history. 

“A powerful, emotional and fascinating story from the excellent RABBLE Theatre.” ★★★★★ West End Best Friend   

Glitch is an inspirational true story, based on the experiences of Pam and her colleagues. The play was created with sub-postmistresses and masters affected by the events, key members of the legal process and commissioned by the University of Reading. 

“Your production was amazing. Thank you so much for keeping the story alive.” Seema Misra, sub-postmistress, wrongly imprisoned whilst pregnant. 

“A powerful response to a national disgrace. First Class.” ★★★★ Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph  

“Go and see this piece of theatre. It has a visceral effect that is very, very powerful.” Nick Wallis, Investigative Journalist 

“Glitch tells the deeply moving story of an appalling, ongoing injustice, told with humour and compassion.  It’s been a privilege and a pleasure to support the brilliant Zannah Kearns as her dramaturg as she developed Glitch, and it’s fantastic news that the tour is heading to the brilliant Wiltons Music Hall, which was such a special London venue for my own The Ballad of Maria Marten.” Beth Flintoff – Associate Playwright & Young Writers Associate at The Royal Court, Associate Artist at Rabble Theatre, dramaturg on Glitch and of course the playwright behindThe Ballad of Maria Marten (Wiltons Music Hall, 2022)

RABBLE Theatre tells local stories of national significance. Company credits include Top 5 UK show (Telegraph), Top 20 UK Show (Guardian), OffComm Recommendation (Off West End Awards), Regional production of the Year (Spy in the Stalls) and Best Arts, Theatre & Culture Winner (Muddy Stilettoes). 
Learn more about RABBLE Theatre HERE

Presented by Hambletts Productions

Starring Juliet Stevenson, star of screen – Truly, Madly Deeply, Emma, Bend It Like Beckham and stage – National Theatre, RSC, Almeida, Royal Court, and Rachel Parris – Austentatious, Live at the Apollo, The Mash Report, and author of Introducing Mrs Collins.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that  Jane Austen  was one of the wittiest observers of human relationships, and female friendships, who ever put pen to parchment.  By A Lady  tells Jane Austen’s life story from her own writing, woven with favourite moments from the immortal characters she created, including Elizabeth and Jane, Emma and Harriet, the Dashwood sisters, Mrs Bennet, and (hold on to your bonnets) Lady Catherine de Bourgh – not forgetting Mr Bennet, Darcy, Captain Wentworth, Mr Collins, and many more.   
 
Set against a sparkling musical backdrop that surprises as much as it delights, we invite you to loosen your stays, and enjoy this celebration of Austen’s wit, sharpness, and sheer delight in the foibles of human behaviour. 
 
From the same creative team who brought GEORGE Eliot in Words and Music and Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music to Wilton’s.

By A Lady is (delightfully) performed by Juliet Stevenson and Rachel Parris. Jane Austen’s words are (respectfully) penned by Deirdre Shields. Music (mischievously) arranged by David Le Page (Violin), and Nick Stringfellow (Cello). By A Lady is (graciously) directed by Judy Reaves. 
 
Originally commissioned by, and presented at, Stratford Literary Festival 2025.

Juliet Stevenson and Rachel Parris appear subject to availability.