Blackbird - David Harrower
Everything's Rosie put on a production of Blackbird in August of 2023 at South London Theatre. 'Blackbird' was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and was first presented in the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, on 15 August 2005. The production transferred to the Albery Theatre, London, from 7 February 2006, where it was produced by Michael Edwards and Carole Winter for MJE productions.
This was our Third production honoured to be working with such a great piece, and still slightly blown away that we were trusted with it. Some incredible firsts with this production, our first time working with an Olivier Award-winning play, our first onstage kiss, and our time working with garbage as a prop.
4.50/5.00 Stars
Review Box
Thought provoking powerful piece of drama
M. Agrawal
Rather disturbing storyline but very well performed by both actors. Interesting twist at the end.
Nice venue . Very friendly and helpful staff.
Review Box
Excellent. Dramatic. Memorable performance. Lovely theatre. Great staff. Glad I came.
The Cast
Una - Katie Forster
Thick as Thieves - Katherine Chandler
Everything's Rosie put on a production of Thick as Thieves in April of 2023 at McQueens Theatre. This was our second production with a lot of firsts. Our first two-hander, first in-the-round production, and first understudy. Come back later and you can read what people had to say about it below.
4.88/5.00 Stars
C. Oakley
This play explored the role social services has by showing the care system from different perspectives. The performances were
flawless and I really liked that it was theatre in the round Emotional and absorbing show. Can't wait to see what Everything's Rosie
Theatre presents next.
T. Aruliah
An acutely-observed and performed two-hander, Thick as Thieves by Katherine Chandler, is currently at McQueens Theatre in Wood
Green, tucked away in the Arts Quarter. The black box theatre has a comfortable cafe bar area decorated with bright paintings and a
foyer with books and sofas - a pleasant place to linger. Staff are friendly and helpful. The one-act play is about the encounter
between two sisters separated and estranged for twenty years by the care system. Each has gone on to lead a very different life,
one now in charge of, the other still trapped by Children's Social Services. Their meeting tears open difficult questions about the care
system, parenthood and sibling relationships, throwing up tension, desperation, humour, suspicion, bitterness, anger, but ultimately,
sibling support and love. Sterling performances by Sarah Forty and Evie Florence as the sisters who were sympathetic and
believable as women who had done their best, in contrasting ways, to survive a system that is intended to support vulnerable
children, with the best intentions, but can catastrophically fail them.
J. Ames
A gripping two-hander, which challenges perceptions, and had you 'siding' with the actors in turn. Outstanding performances from
both, especially Gail ( Sarah Forty). They must be exhausted at the end of each evening, with the amount of emotion portrayed in each
role.
Not visited the theatre before, despite only living a few miles away - was going to jump on a bus, but Spurs playing at home/
Orthodox Easter meant cancellations & detours, so we drove & found parking much easier than we thought. On road after 6.30pm.
Comfortable theatre, with a selection of sofas in the hallway, to sit & enjoy our drinks, which were at pub prices.
Great evening!
C. Etherington
Thick of Thieves is an amazing play about 2 sisters who were very different personalities and whose lives went off in complete
different directions. So well acted by both the cast with an engaging, gripping and emotional performance.
J. Anderson
Before booking almost daunted by the journey from Surrey to Wood Green, but worth every minute of the journey to see this
excellent production.
Good script, superbly staged and performed, raising many questions
The Cast
Gail - Sarah Forty
Kindertransport - Diane Samuels
Everything's Rosie put on a production of Kindertransport in August of 2022 at South London Theatre. This was our debut production and you can read what people had to say about it below
4.22/5.00 Stars
F. Taylor
I was really moved by the story of Eva who arrived in England in 1939 as part of the
Kindertransport evacuation from Germany in 1939. Sophie Ablett played Eva brilliantly. The rest of the
cast were also excellent. Connor Rowlett, as the Ratcatcher and Nazi Officer, was very threatening.
Fantastic play and players with a very powerful story. The South London Theatre is delightful. The
theatre assistants were so friendly and helpful. The downstairs bar is well stocked and very reasonably
priced. Good range of ice-creams too. Definitely GO!
E. Huges
The harrowing events in Europe from the rise of The Third Reich to its end are well-
known. particularly in their impact on the Jewish community. What slightly faded from view for decades,
was the Kindertransport initiative. This rescued approaching 10,000 Jewish children who arrived in the UK without their visa-starved parents. That this saved lives is unquestionable – but there was a price to be paid. Diane Samuels excellent play addresses these issues. This production of it deals with the potentially difficult scenario of two timelines on the same stage – and involving the same cast members– very well, with a simple but effective set. So far, so worthy. What lifted this into a class of its own was the quite extraordinary talent of the gamine lead actress Sophie Ablett. Her performance as, initially, a ten-year-old, then maturing to fifteen, was mesmerising to watch in its capture of two quite different personas.
J. Gregson
The play written in 1993 and has been seen in the West End and was a set book for GCSE
Drama, focussing on the story of one young woman and what happens to her in later life. The effects of
leaving home and settling with a different family in another country are examined, considering the impact
on the individuals. A young girl is seen as a middle-aged woman, herself a mother of a daughter, but as
also as the 'daughter' of the British woman who took her in. Sophie Ablett as the young girl was an
engaging personality, as a 10-year-old, then a teenager and young woman. Although a minimal set, it
was easy to engage with the different times in which action took place, and other cast members were
convincing in their roles.
G. Wake
Brilliant show. The crossovers between the scenes and characters were fluid and
effortless. All the actors were fab, but the actor playing Eva was particularly fantastic and it felt like we
watched her age and change in real time... lovely venue too with very reasonably priced drinks. I’ll
definitely look out for other events at SLT! Thank you.
S. Smith
A very nice evening spent at this friendly welcoming venue. The play was moving and very well acted.
The Cast
Eva - Sophie Ablett