, 418 St John Street, London EC1V 4NJ Tuesday 8th January – Saturday 2nd February 2019
Liv Warden’s debut play at the Old Red Lion explores a different perspective of the Time’s Up movement. The provocative and timely Anomaly will star Natasha Cowley (Othello, Shakespeare’s Globe; Connections 2018, National Theatre; The Last Days of Anne Boleyn, The Tower of London) and making their professional theatre debuts Alice Handoll and Katherine Samuelson. Post-Weinstein, Anomaly is a story that is ready to be told.
It’s 6am. News has just broken that Phillip Preston, media mogul and film-industry powerhouse has been arrested for assaulting his wife. His three daughters, who lead separate lives, are left with the fallout. As they battle the world’s press, the board members of Preston International and each other, they soon find themselves not only fighting to save the Preston dynasty but to protect everything they know to be true. What happens when a family, under the most intense scrutiny of the public eye, is faced with unbearable pain?
In our Kardashian-soaked culture of sensationalism, victims’ testimonies are finally being taken seriously. This play is not about men like Harvey Weinstein. Anomaly is not about the perpetrator or the politics of he said / she said. It’s about the furore, the collateral destruction and the family stood by the right hand of the accused. It’s about children carrying the black spot of their parent’s name. Anomaly is a war cry for the women who have been left to pick up the pieces.
Alice Handoll (Polly)
Image courtesy of Alishia Love
Katherine Samuelson plays Penny
Image courtesy of Samuel Black
Natasha Cowley plays Piper
Image courtesy of Ruth Crafer
Performance Dates Tuesday 8th January – Saturday 2nd February 2019 Monday – Saturday, 7:30pm Saturday and Sunday, 3pm
Running time 75 minutes
Twitter @ORLTheatre, @WildChild_UK, @LiviaWarden, #Anomaly
Location Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London EC1V 4NJ
Box Office Tickets are available priced £17 (£15 concessions). Available from Old Red Lion Theatre Box Office and www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk or 0333 012 4963.
Ages 14+