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This is the pre-show of my Picasso show which I'm doing now at the Odyssey Theatre in LA before I go to La MaMa in NYC in June, directed by Guy Masterson @guymasterson @aimee_birnbaum @theplaygroundtheatre @naomisorkin.actor.dancer

There is a profusion of these beautiful trees everywhere in LA. It is a Jacaranda tree and my dear friends Anni Domingo and Tina Andrews are both published by Jacaranda Books so this is for them @therealtinaandrews @annidom4 @naomisorkin.actor.dancer

This gadget is for home delivery -remote and without a human being attached. They are well behaved as it did not run me over. Also lots of driverless cabs which are being trialed in London now. Less work for human beings, populations increasing-where will this all lead @aimee_birnbaum @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @guymasterson @theplaygroundtheatre

The crypt of Santa Maria delle Grazie at Montecorona not far from our house in Umbria. It's where my dear friends Caitriona McLaughlin, now artistic director of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin , and Darren Murphy, a wonderful playwright, who were married in this crypt . @caitrionamcl @darren.j.murphy @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @aimee_birnbaum

Hi I am doing my Picasso : Le Monstre Sacre at The Playground Theatre for 3 performances before we take it to the Odyssey Theatre in LA and then La MaMa in New York. Directed by Olivier award winner Guy Masterson who also directed The Shark is Broken in the West End and on Broadway. Hope you can make it @guymasterson @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @aimee_birnbaum @theplaygroundtheatre @picasso_2033 @pinotandpicassouk

SHAVING THE DEAD was unfairly overshadowed at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe by Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson’s "other hit” - the eventual West End and Broadway smash hit THE SHARK IS BROKEN - but now, 7 years on, this dry-as-a bone, bible-black comedy from Perrier Award nominated comedian, author and poet, Owen O’Neill, rises from the ashes with Masterson and O’Neill themselves manning the hearse. "This is Waiting for Godot meets The Dumb Waiter meets Six Feet Under! To die for!!” (Edinburgh Evening News) ★★★★★ "One of the most humane and satisfying theatre shows on the Fringe, as well as what must be one of the funniest, with a powerful belly-laugh in almost every other line." (The Scotsman) ★★★★ "Laugh-out-loud comedy-drama at its very best!" (One4Review) ★★★★★ "Outstanding comedy writing. A masterclass in comic timing." (Edinburgh ’Guide) ★★★★★ "I urge you to get a ticket for this terrific show!" (The Scottish Play) ★★★★★ OWEN O’NEILL WILL ALSO PRESENT HIS NEW SOLO COMEDY- I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT on Thursday- Saturday, 9 -10pm. @guymasterson @theplaygroundtheatre @aimee_birnbaum @naomisorkin.actor.dancer

As the Womens Festival finishes tonight we continue with a series of shows in April starting with Buckingham Nicks a show about the relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac featuring a number of their most famous songs. With Wendy Morgan and Julian Littman. I worked with Wendy at the National a few moons ago @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @theplaygroundtheatre @wendymorganactor @fleetwoodmacnews @guymasterson

Tomorrow night the 22nd at 7.30pm Neither biopic nor tribute, acclaimed Austrian playwright Peter Turrini’s bold solo play casts Hedy Lamarr as her own witness, accuser, and defense. Haunted by a seven-second nude scene that defined her public memory and moving from Hollywood scandal to scientific erasure, the play explores the fractured inner life of the icon and overlooked inventor: Nicole Ansari Cox is lending her voice to Lamarr as she speaks back to history with rage, wit and dark humour, reclaiming a legacy long reduced to image over intellect. @nicole_ansari @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @aimee_birnbaum @guymasterson @theplaygroundtheatre

HI on Tuesday the Spy Princess at The Playground Theatre-7.30pm Directed by Emily Raymond, drawing on meticulous research and the book by Shrabani Basu, Rebecca Lenkiewicz has adapted this novel which traces Noor’s life from her early years through to her arrest by the Gestapo, revealing the scale of her endurance under extreme brutality. Held in solitary confinement, starved, beaten and chained, Noor refused to betray her colleagues or even disclose her true identity. After ten months in captivity, she was transferred to Dachau concentration camp and executed on 13 September 1944. She was one of only three women SOE agents to be awarded the George Cross, a recognition of a courage that survived torture, imprisonment, and death, whose final word, “Liberté,” continues to resonate @emilyraymond @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @aimee_birnbaum @guymasterson @theplaygroundtheatre

The wonderful Janie Dee will be showing her talents once again at The Playground on Saturday night. This will be the third time with us and she is always welcome @aimee_birnbaum @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @guymasterson @theplaygroundtheatre @janiedee16

Last night, as part of The Womens Voices : A Celebration festival at The Playground Theatre, I saw She/Her directed by Nicole Ansari Cox- it is life enhancing -simply great theatre. On tonight-do go you will not be disappointed. @nicole_ansari @cyrmyriam @guymasterson @naomisorkin.actor.dancer @aimee_birnbaum @theplaygroundtheatre

Applications are OPEN for @voilafest 2026! Applications are now open for London’s panlingual fringe festival, landing 2–22 November 2026 across 10 venues, including The Playground Theatre! We’re looking for bold, border-crossing theatre from artists around the world. 🎭 All aboard London’s transnational theatrical conversation. Apply here: #voilafestival #theplaygroundtheatre #londontheatre #newwriting #offwestend theatre london westlondon theatrefestival voilatheatrefestival