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Tamsin Greig as Peggy Ramsay and Jos Vantyler as Philip (Photo: Helen Maybanks)

REVIEW: Peggy For You, Hampstead Theatre (2021)

She liked difference and edginess: hence her taking on Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond and Joe Orton.  She famously fell out with Prick Up Your Ears playwright John Lahr about Orton.  In the opening scene she has been up all night to go to a police station, where she obtained bail for one of her authors. 

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Lucy Black as Teresa, Carolina Main as Catherine and rear Laura Rogers as Mary (Photo: Helen Murray)

REVIEW: The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre (2021)

As they start to empty out her wardrobes to sort the clothing into charity shop, or send to Africa, or throw away, the sisters start to laugh together. Teresa seems unaware of the inconsistencies of sending ball gowns to Zimbabwe. They each choose an evening dress and giggle away at the effect, dressing up like children.

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