Liolà

With more than 20 years in the industry Dawn began her directing career at the Royal Court Theatre. She is Founder, and former Artistic Director and Chief Executive, of Eclipse Theatre, the UK's principal Black-led national production company. In 2020, Dawn was awarded the OBE for services to Theatre. 

Theatre includes: The Death of a Black Man (Hampstead Theatre); ​​​​​​Antigone (Mercury Theatre); The Gift (Eclipse Theatre / Belgrade Theatre / Theatre Royal Stratford East); salt (Schaubühne / Public Theater / Royal Court / Summerhall / Theatre Bristol / Yorkshire Festival); Red Dust Road (National Theatre of Scotland / EIF / HOME); Black Men Walking (Eclipse Theatre / Royal Court / Royal Exchange / UK Tour).

Nominated for UK Theatre Award for Best New Play and Writer’s Guild Award for Best Play); The Princess and the Hustler (Eclipse Theatre / Bristol Old Vic / UK Tour); A Raisin in the Sun (Eclipse Theatre / Crucible Theatre / UK Tour, nominated for UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production); One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Eclipse Theatre / Tricycle Theatre / UK Tour); Jonzi D - Lyrikal Feata: The Letter (Sadler’s Wells); The Hounding of David Oluwale (Eclipse Theatre / West Yorkshire Playhouse, nominated for TMA Award for Best Director); Oxford Street (nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre).

Television: salt (Performance Director for BBC 4).

Film: Samuels Trousers; 10by10 – series of 10 original short film dramas.

Radio/Podcasts: The Last Flag – BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama; White Open Spaces – six original short audio dramas.

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature. His plays include Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921).

Tanya Ronder is a celebrated playwright who trained at RADA and spent fourteen years working as an actress before turning to writing. Her 2007 adaptation of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel, Vernon God Little, was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Play as well as a What's On Stage Award for Best New Comedy and was revived by the Young Vic in 2011 as part of their anniversary season. In 2009, she adapted JM Barrie's much-loved children's book, Peter Pan, which played to critical acclaim at Kensington Gardens' twelve hundred seat tent and then moved to the O2 for Christmas before touring America. It toured again in the summer of 2014. Her original plays include Table, which opened to critical acclaim in the Shed at the National Theatre in 2013, and F*ck the Polar Bears, which premiered at The Bush Theatre, London, in 2015. Other credits include Liolà which opened at the National Theatre's Lyttelton in 2013 and Dara which opened in January 2015, again in the Lyttelton.

Contains themes of parental death, domestic violence and pregnancy. Minor use of explicit language, including an ableist slur, and blood. 

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. 

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

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Refunds 

Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.