Rumours are flying, people are fucking, and the queen’s been taken to the tower. Ava Pickett’s debut play 1536 tears through ...

The themes of female friendships, misogyny and the trickle-down effects of patriarchy are as present today as they are in ...

Read our review of 1536 at the Almeida. The debut play from Ten Pound Poms and The Great writer Ava Pickett about female ...

Read our review of historical drama *1536*, starring Tanya Reynolds, Siena Kelly and Liv Hill, now in performances at the ...

We’re in a bucolic Essex marsh in 1536. Anna is wiping herself down after a romp against a tree with her wealthy (and betrothed) lover Richard. But then news arrives from London (it’s taken three days ...

There’s a hint of Gilead about the oppression the women describe – and a sense of contemporary concerns too. But what makes ...