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Three To See on 20 Mar: Josie Long – Something Better, Heads Up, Barred Freedom

By | Published on Monday 13 March 2017

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

Josie Long – Something Better | Duchess Theatre | 20 Mar
Utter, utter TW favourite, her royal brilliance Josie Long, ends her national tour of ‘Something Better’ with this performance at the Duchess Theatre. It’s about optimism, hopefulness, looking for people and things to look up to, finding out who you are and what you can’t change, and what it’s like to feel like an outsider for the first time. Skip this way to book your tickets.

Heads Up | Battersea Arts Centre | 20 Mar-1 Apr (pictured)
This is a show that really quite smashed last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, achieving a sell out run and a coveted Fringe First award, as well as many glowing reviews. Kieran Hurley’s powerful piece tells the story of a city on the brink of extinction, asking the question of what we would do if we faced the end of our world as we know it. Click here for all the details.

Barred Freedom | The Cockpit | 20-25 Mar
This is interesting, because the play has two different casts, playing alternate nights, one entirely male and one entirely female. So I guess, ideally, you need to see both to feel the full impact of it. It’s set in a prison in the 1970s – overcrowded, understaffed, with a riot going on in one wing and an escape attempt in another – and the show’s approach aims to highlight “the differences, not just between, but more importantly within, the sexes”. See this page here for info.



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