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About Machinal

‘How can that be? A great sin – a mortal sin – for which I must die and go to hell – but it made me free! One moment I was free!’

From the outside, Helen Jones and her husband had a ‘happy marriage’. Until she murdered him.

Based on the true crime story of Ruth Snyder in 1928 that shook a nation, Sophie Treadwell’s seminal Machinal is a pulse-pounding journey of someone pushed to breaking point by the relentless machinery of life, expectation and convention.

Rosie Sheehy (Oleanna, Chernobyl) reprises her critically acclaimed role in Olivier Award-winning director Richard Jones’ ‘outstanding production’ (Daily Mail).

The cast of Machinal will also include: Daniel Abelson, Sam Alexander, Steven Beard, Daniel Bowerbank, Imogen Daines, Buffy Davis, Tim Frances, Carla Harrison-Hodge, Emilio Iannucci, Pierro Niel-Mee and Wendy Nottingham, with further casting to be announced.

Director: Richard Jones
Set: Hyemi Shin
Movement: Sarah Fahie
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Adam Silverman
Sound: Benjamin Grant
Casting: Ginny Schiller CDG

A Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath production in association with The Old Vic

Assisted performances

Audio described - Fri 17 May 7.30pm
Relaxed - Sat 18 May 2.30pm (will be audio described, captioned and BSL interpreted)
Captioned - Mon 20 May 7.30pm
BSL - Fri 24 May 7.30pm

Run time

1hr 50min. No interval.

Start date

11th April, 2024

End date

1st June, 2024

Categories

Plays, Off West End, Drama, Transfer

Venue

Old Vic

Age

Ages 14+.

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324 Reviews

Kent 2

Kent 2

208 Reviews | 75 Followers
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Thought-provoking, Riveting, Clever, Quirky, Great staging

See it if You will enjoy a wild Expressionistic staging of an odd feminist drama from the 1920s.

Don’t see it if Spoiler: You don’t think a wife with a boring (but non-abusive) husband is justified in murdering him to achieve her “freedom.”

Chevachin

Chevachin

22 Reviews | 1 Followers
95
Psychology, Lead role, Performances, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You like theater

Don’t see it if You like entertainment

Sooze

Sooze

22 Reviews | 1 Followers
90
Top notch acting, Tense, Absorbing

See it if you enjoy an intense drama along with fantastic set design, music and lighting. The principal actor is outstanding.

Don’t see it if You find it hard to sit still for two hours without a break. No other negatives.

Catherine 352

Catherine 352

100 Reviews | 10 Followers
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Dated, Great acting, Great staging, Intense

See it if you want to see an exceptional piece of theatre.

Don’t see it if you are not for too much shouting (very well done though), strobe effects, no-interval play and/or yellow…stage is so yellow!

Important information

This production features the use of strobe lighting.

Venue

Old Vic

103 The Cut, London, United Kingdom, SE1 8NB
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Directions

Location: West End
Railway station: Waterloo
Bus numbers: (Waterloo Road) 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 521, X68; (Mepham Street) 211, 243, 507
Night bus numbers: (Waterloo Road) 139, 176, 188, N1, N68, N171; (Mepham Street) 243
Car park: Waterloo Station (4mins)
Directions from tube: (7mins) Take Mepham Street (100 metres) down to Waterloo Road. Turn right on Waterloo Road, but keep left as the theatre is 100 metres further along on the opposite corner.

Show schedule

Day of weekMatineeEvening
Monday-7:30 PM
Tuesday-7:30 PM
Wednesday2:30 PM7:30 PM
Thursday-7:30 PM
Friday-7:30 PM
Saturday2:30 PM7:30 PM
Sunday--

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