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Death of England: Closing Time

Death of England: Closing Time

Performed at the Theatre between 22 Aug, 2024 and 28 Sep, 2024

★★★★
‘A riotous comedy with a serious sting’
The Guardian

There are two sides to every story.

Grieving the loss of the family shop with their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes.

Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Erin Doherty play Denise and Carly in this thought-provoking drama that explores family dynamics, race, colonialism and cancel culture.

DEATH OF ENGLAND: THE PLAYS
Following acclaimed seasons at the National Theatre, Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ extraordinary series of three state of the nation plays, DEATH OF ENGLAND, will be performed together for the very first time for a strictly limited season @sohoplace.

These three interconnected plays are, by turns, exhilarating, profoundly moving, funny but furious, and deeply theatrical. Watch one as a standalone experience or discover the connections between two or three of the plays as Michael, Delroy, Denise and Carly navigate the joys and challenges of what it means to be British in 2024.

Starring Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, Gangs of London), Thomas Coombes (Baby Reindeer), Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) and directed by Clint Dyer, the “uniquely brilliant” (Evening Standard) DEATH OF ENGLAND is set to be the theatrical event of the year.

SEASON

Death of England: Michael

Death of England: Michael
Thomas Coombes stars in this scorching and fearless play which asks explosive
and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.

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Death of England: Delroy

Death of England: Delroy
Starring Paapa Essiedu, Death of England: Delroy is the searing story of a
Black working class man searching for truth and confronting his relationship with Britain.

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CAST

CREATIVES

By Clint Dyer & Roy WilliamsAuthor
Clint DyerDirector
Sadeysa Greenaway
-Bailey
Co-Set and Costume Designer
ULTZCo-Set and Costume Designer
Jackie ShemeshLighting Designer
Benjamin GrantCo-Sound Designer
Pete MalkinCo-Sound Designer
Anastasia Osei-KuffourAssociate Director