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Flashbang post-show video and photos: Bringing the story back home one last time
Flashbang post-show video and photos: Bringing the story back home one last time

Flashbang post-show video and photos: Bringing the story back home one last time

By Terri Paddock|2026-05-24T22:08:58+01:006 May 2026|Tags: Ben Watts, Charlie Jobe, David Brady, Haydn Watts, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre, Robert Wolfe|

It's been nearly four years since I chaired a Q&A for the world premiere of Proforca's Flashbang at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Now, after a spring tour, the production is back for its last-ever London performances before a richly apt finale in Coventry.

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Flashbang
Flashbang

Flashbang

By Terri Paddock|2026-04-17T23:39:16+01:0017 April 2026|Tags: David Brady, Flashbang, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre|

Following two critically acclaimed runs, Proforca Theatre's critically acclaimed Flashbang returns to London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre for two performances only ahead of a UK tour.

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Jamless post-show video and photos: Putting working-class women over 40 centre stage
Jamless post-show video and photos: Putting working-class women over 40 centre stage

Jamless post-show video and photos: Putting working-class women over 40 centre stage

By Terri Paddock|2026-02-08T21:17:15+00:006 November 2025|Tags: Aisa Nerva-Culley, David Brady, Emily O'Mahony, Jamless, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Nance Turner, Northern Spirit Theatre Company|

How do you compete with fireworks going off outside your pub theatre on Bonfire Night? Ensure that the drama onstage is just as explosive. That's what we got last night with Nance Turner's debut play Jamless at the Lion & Unicorn.

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Jamless
Jamless

Jamless

By Terri Paddock|2025-09-21T00:14:57+01:0021 September 2025|Tags: Jamless, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Nance Turner|

Jamless, the debut play by Northern Spirit Theatre Company artistic director Nance Turner, is a story of working-class resilience, long-held grudges, and the messy beauty of rebuilding broken bonds

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At Last post-show video and photos: Fascism could never happen here, or could it?
At Last post-show video and photos: Fascism could never happen here, or could it?

At Last post-show video and photos: Fascism could never happen here, or could it?

By Terri Paddock|2025-09-13T14:09:20+01:004 September 2025|Tags: At Last, David Brady, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre|

Proforca Theatre concludes its tenth anniversary season with a revival of its 2019 dystopian thriller At Last, set in the aftermath of a fascist regime. Six years on, how does this politically-charged drama land?

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At Last
At Last

At Last

By Terri Paddock|2025-04-09T22:36:31+01:009 April 2025|Tags: And If The Surface Tension Breaks, At Last, David Brady, Feel, Flashbang, Lately, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre, The Shatter Box|

Proforca Theatre is celebrating ten years with the return of one of its most explosive hits, 2019's dystopian thriller At Last, running for ten performances only at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre. I can't wait to revisit the play and its added relevance in 2025.

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And If The Surface Tension Breaks post-show video and photos: Celebrating the end of the world
And If The Surface Tension Breaks post-show video and photos: Celebrating the end of the world

And If The Surface Tension Breaks post-show video and photos: Celebrating the end of the world

By Terri Paddock|2025-09-03T17:27:07+01:0013 February 2025|Tags: And If The Surface Tension Breaks, At Last, David Brady, Feel, Flashbang, Lately, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre, The Shatter Box|

How will the world end? And how will you spend your final moments just before it happens? That's the setting for Proforca Theatre's latest world premiere play, And If The Surface Tension Breaks.

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And If the Surface Tension Breaks
And If the Surface Tension Breaks

And If the Surface Tension Breaks

By Terri Paddock|2025-01-04T21:35:39+00:001 January 2025|Tags: At Last, David Brady, Feel, Flashbang, Lately, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Proforca Theatre, The Shatter Box|

After The Shatter Box, Flashbang, Feel, At Last and Lately, I'm back with Proforca Theatre for And If the Surface Tension Breaks, the company's latest new play, as well as exciting new work by associate artists also programmed during the tenth anniversary season at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre.

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Double Act post-show video and photos: How much would you laugh on your last day?
Double Act post-show video and photos: How much would you laugh on your last day?

Double Act post-show video and photos: How much would you laugh on your last day?

By Terri Paddock|2024-01-14T17:12:41+00:0011 January 2024|Tags: Double Act, Jef Flavin-Hall, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Nick Hyde, Oliver Maynard, Robbie Nestor|

How often do you have a word with yourself? We're all familiar with the concept of an inner voice, chipping in with sometimes decidedly unhelpful suggestions.

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Double Act
Double Act

Double Act

By Terri Paddock|2024-01-01T19:13:35+00:001 January 2024|Tags: Double Act, Lion & Unicorn Theatre, New writing|

For my first post-show Q&A of the year, I'm delighted to return to London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre for a brand-new play about modern masculinity, Double Act, written by Nick Hyde and directed by Jef Hall-Flavin.

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