Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends; Jumping the Shark; A Tailor for Ladies; Grenfell: System Failure

Thursday, 9th March 2023 — By Lucy Popescu

IN Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, at Sadler’s Wells, the New York City Ballet principal dancer presents an innovative programme of four pieces. Until Mar 11. This is followed by Seeta Patel’s bharatanatyam interpretation of Stravinksy’s The Rite of Spring Mar 13-14. sadlerswells.com/

David Cantor and Michael Kingsbury’s Jumping the Shark celebrates the sitcom. Five strangers meet in the conference room of a small hotel to realise their dreams through comedy. Frank Donohue, the finest sitcom writer of his generation, has flown in from Los Angeles to teach them the tricks of the trade. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, until Mar 12. upstairsatthegatehouse.com/

• John Maguire’s Kitty: Queen of the Washhouse tells the tale of Irish immigrant Kitty Wilkinson, whose pioneering approach to public hygiene helped stem Liverpool’s 1832 cholera epidemic. Incorporating music and song, the show highlights the importance of community activism. King’s Head Theatre, Mar 10, 12 & 13. kingsheadtheatre.com

French farce, A Tailor for Ladies, translated by Penny Tomai and adapted by Tomai and Lee James Broadwood from a Georges Feydeau original, presents 20th-century high-class society in its most extravagant and frivolous form. Cockpit Theatre, until Mar 19. thecockpit.org.uk/

• At the Pleasance, Sean Burn’s MAD(E), a tale of three boys existing within hostile environments, explores their individual journeys as they attempt to heal their broken minds with the help of a mythical shapeshifter. Developed with input from boys and young men from around the country, MAD(E) utilises physical theatre, comic chorus and poetry, to produce a theatrical commentary on masculinity and young men’s mental health. Mar 14-18. pleasance.co.uk/

Richard Norton-Taylor and Nicolas Kent’s Grenfell: System Failure asks vital questions raised during the final phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The drama interrogates why the testing regime failed to warn of the danger of installing inflammable materials, why government regulations ignored the dangers, and why politicians failed to ensure proper oversight. Through the testimonies of bereaved residents, we learn how they were failed by the London Fire Brigade on the night and abandoned by the local authority in the chaos of the fire’s aftermath. Marylebone Theatre, Mar 14-26. marylebonetheatre.com/

• Pickles, Peaches and the End of the World is a romantic break-up comedy from writer-actor, Ollie Maddigan. After the announcement of a meteor heading slowly towards earth, a young couple are forced to face the burning question in their relationship and determine how to spend their last 365 days. The Hope Theatre, March 15-18. thehopetheatre.com/

In Lullaby for Scavengers comedic performance artist Kim Noble explores how to fit into a world that doesn’t necessarily want you. A fox and an angry dead squirrel are his accomplices. Noble descends deep into the sewer and abyss of human loneliness and answers the question of how to deal with rodents in your attic. Soho Theatre, Mar 15-Apr 8. sohotheatre.com/

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