WINNER – BEST ACTOR – London Pub Theatre Awards 2025
FINALIST – BEST SOLO SHOW – London pub Theatre Awards 2025
‘Standout’ – Mark Lawson, The Guardian
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
6 March – Post-show Q&A hosted by Terri Paddock.
Meet the cast and creative team behind The Last Days of Liz Truss? Your chance to ask questions about show!
Meet Emma Wilkinson Wright (playing Liz Truss), Steve Nallon (the Voice of Thatcher and others), Writer Greg Wilkinson, Director Anthony Shrubsall, and Associate Producer Sarah Lawrie.
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