Theatre closures
Indoor performances at theatres are postponed to at least 15 August 2020.
Outdoor performances (where possible) are still permitted.
The show below is due to open after that date so (on current information) it is likely to go ahead as scheduled.
14 Oct to 7 Nov 2020
Theatre503
Image: Theatre503
Synopsis
It's election night 2016.
An entire country holds its breath.
Except for Vera, who has to focus on breathing.
That's what everyone keeps telling her: breathe, breathe, breathe.
She's in the hospital, giving birth to a baby boy - and she has no idea that America just lost its mind.
Over the course of one seemingly unending year, tensions mount between Vera and her second-wave feminist mother, she struggles to connect physically with her husband, and her friendship with her Syrian-American best friend Amira falters.
In this surreal and fragmented play mimicking the experience of sleep-deprived new parents, the personal and the political spheres collide to push Vera to the point of exhaustion.
Raising a magnifying glass to the experience of being a new mother under Trump, Milk and Gall explores the terror of the mundane.
While everyone else is out marching, Vera's at home stuck to a breast pump.
2018 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award finalist Mathilde Dratwa holds up a microscope to the experience of being a new mother under Trump.
Background, advisory warnings
Age suitability: Not available
Social media & info
Theatre
503 Battersea Park Road
London SW11 3BW
Dates
Performance days & times
Monday ‑ 7‑30pm (19 October)
Tuesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Wednesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday ‑ 7‑30pm
Friday ‑ 7‑30pm
Saturday ‑ 7‑30pm
Saturday - 3-00pm
Wednesday - 12-00pm (28 October)
Wednesday - 3-00pm (4 November)
Tickets
Creatives
Author: Mathilde Dratwa
Production: Theatre503