3 April – 2 August 2014
Vaudeville Theatre, London
The monarch – Liz.
Her most powerful subject – Maggie.
Two enduring icons born six moths apart. One destined to rule, the other elected to lead. But when the stiff upper lip softened and the gloves came off, which one had the upper hand?
Handbagged is the ‘wickedly funny’ (Evening Standard) new play that opens the clasp on the relationship between two giants of the 20th Century.
Moira Buffini’s ‘irresistibly mischievous’ (The Independent) comedy speculates on that most provocative of questions: What did the world’s most powerful women talk about behind closed palace doors?
Q - Marion Bailey
T - Stella Gonet
Actor 1 - Neet Mohan
Actor 2 - Jeff Rawle
Liz - Lucy Robinson
Mags - Fenella Woolgar
Understudy Q/Liz - Katy Brittain
Understudy Actor 1/Actor 2 - Neil Chinneck
Understudy T/Mags - Genevieve Swallow
Writer - Moira Buffini
Director - Indhu Rubasingham
Designer - Richard Kent
Lighting Designer - Oliver Fenwick
Sound Designer - Carolyn Downing
Associate Director - Harry Mackrill
Casting Director - Ellie Collyer-Bristow
Original Producer - Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln Theatre)
a fresh, exciting and intelligent piece of theatre that cries out for your support.
Sunday Telegraph
Witty and confident.
Evening Standard
★★★★
Wickedly witty.
The Times
★★★★
An evening of twinkling meta-theatre larkiness.
The Guardian
★★★★
An evening of twinkling meta-theatre larkiness.
The Guardian
