After October
by Rodney Ackland
by Rodney Ackland
After October is a bittersweet exploration of an aspiring playwright's struggles and his family's financial woes in 1936 Hampstead, as they navigate the challenges of the theater world.
About The Play
About The Play
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★★★★ Evening Standard
★★★★ The Independent
★★★★ The Sunday Telegraph
★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ The Reviewsgate
OffWestEnd nomination for Best Female Performance in a Supporting Role –
Sasha Waddell as Rhoda in After October
OffWestEnd nomination for Best Costume Designer –
Anna Lewis for Costume in After October
OffWestEnd nomination for Best Male Performance –
Adam Buchanan as Clive in After October
The first Central London production in eighty years of Rodney Ackland’s After October opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited four and a half week season on Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Hampstead, 1936. In a shabby basement flat, aspiring playwright Clive Monkhams dreams of a West End hit and winning Francie’s heart. His bankrupt mother Rhoda, a faded actress, frets about the bills and the fortunes of her penniless daughters while reminiscing about her glory days. Clive’s family and an entourage of bohemian dependants all need him to make it big. With opening night approaching and finances fast running out, everything rides on the success of the play and, for Clive, the future looks all too glittering…
From the acclaimed writer of Absolute Hell and Before the Party, After October is Rodney Ackland’s most autobiographical play, both a bittersweet homage to the theatre and a fascinating portrait of an impoverished family on the brink of a glamorous new life. This rediscovery marks the first Central London production since its premiere in 1936.