The Last Days of Liz Truss?
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Join Liz, on her last morning at number 10, in an exploration – equally comic and tragic – of the tensions in politics: between ambition and ability, vision and reality, going short and playing it long.
Can a fighter ever quit?
This award-winning production (Emma Wilkinson Wright, Best Actor, London Pub Theatres Awards 2025) transfers to The Other Palace Studio after two critically acclaimed and sold-out runs at Kennington’s White Bear Theatre.
From reviews of previous runs:
‘Standout’ – Mark Lawson, The Guardian
★★★★★ ‘A brilliant performance’ – Theatre and Tonic
★★★★★ ‘A fascinating and entertaining production’ – UK Theatre Web
★★★★ 1/2 ‘Satirical comical tragedy at its best – Emma Wilkinson Wright has a storming presence as Liz Truss’ – London Born and Bred
★★★★ ‘Emma Wilkinson Wright’s bravura and mesmerising performance is a superbly pitched and accurately delivered recreation of a curious period in our history’ – Londontheatre1
★★★★ ‘Gripping…remarkable’ – Libby Purves, Theatre Cat
★★★★ ‘Biting, ironic, and deeply funny – deftly captures the contradictions at the heart of British politics’ – Plays to See
Cast:
Emma Wilkinson Wright as Liz Truss
Steve Nallon as The Voice of Margaret Thatcher and Others
Creatives:
Writer: Greg Wilkinson
Director: Anthony Shrubsall
Producer: Oxia Theatre
Associate Producer: Sarah Lawrie
Set and Costume Design: Male Arcucci
Lighting Design: Tom Younger
LX Operator: Lander Martinez Garcia
Voice Coach: Ryan O’Grady