After a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Alvita, The Wife of Willesden returns for one more round at the bar.
A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there’s no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it? Because this woman’s got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life’s an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden…
A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives.
Multi-award winning, best-selling author Zadie Smith‘s ‘irresistably rambunctious’ (The Telegraph) The Wife of Willesden transports Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London.
Director Indhu Rubasingham invites you to take your seat at the bar, order a pint or two, and listen to this bawdy, beautiful comedy up close, and very, very personal.
The Kiln Theatre auditorium will be transformed into a local London pub, complete with pub tables in the stalls.
Post Show Q&A: 10 Jan 2023, 7.30pm & 27 Jan 2023, 7.30pm Audio Described Performance: 12 Jan 2023, 7.30pm Fundraising Performance: 19 Jan 2023, 7.30pm Captioned Performance: 23 Jan 2023, 7.30pm
Both performances on 8 February will be recorded. Cameras will be present in the auditorium, but this will not affect your view.
100 minutes (no interval)
December 14th, 2022
February 11th, 2023
14+
By: Zadie Smith
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
Cast list: Clare Perkins, Marcus Adolphy, George Eggay, Andrew Frame, Troy Glasgow, Claudia Grant, Nikita Johal, Scott Mille, Jessica Murrain and Ellen Thomas
Design: Robert Jones
Lighting: Guy Hoare
Sound: Ben and Max Ringham
Location: Fringe/Off West End
Railway station: Brondesbury
Bus numbers: 16, 32, 189, 332, 632
Night bus numbers: N16
Car park: Kilburn Market Car Park
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