Benjamin Britten

Turning the Screw
Turning the Screw

Turning the Screw

By Terri Paddock|2024-02-11T21:11:59+00:0026 January 2024|Tags: Benjamin Britten, Gary Tushaw, Kevin Kelly, King's Head Theatre, Tim McArthur, Turning the Screw|

After the inaugural production of Exhibitionists, I return to the new King's Head Theatrefor another new play, Benjamin Britten-inspired Turning the Screw, which transfers after its successful premiere at New Wimbledon Theatre Studio.

Photos and podcast: Post-show Q&A with Britten in Brooklyn’s writer, director and star Sadie Frost
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Photos and podcast: Post-show Q&A with Britten in Brooklyn’s writer, director and star Sadie Frost

Photos and podcast: Post-show Q&A with Britten in Brooklyn’s writer, director and star Sadie Frost

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T17:41:38+00:009 September 2016|Tags: Benjamin Britten, Britten in Brooklyn, Carson McCullers, Gypsy Rose Lee, Holly Kendrick, Jimmy Jewell, John Hollingworth, Oli Rose, Ruby Bentall, Ryan Sampson, Sadie Frost, Terri Paddock events, W H Auden, Wilton's Music Hall, Zoe Lewis|

A New York artistic commune in the early 1940s - occupied by British exiles Benjamin Britten, WH Auden, American novelist Carson McCullers (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter) and stripper Gypsy Rose Lee amongst many other artists - is the setting for Zoe Lewis' new play Britten in Brooklyn.