Power, Scandals, and the Spin-Machine —Welcome to No. 10.
After years of scheming, backroom deals, and expertly dodging any real policy commitments, Keira Palmer has become the first female Labour Party prime minister. But the same team that helped her rise could be the ones to bring her down. Her Foreign Secretary, Will, is more interested in partying than policy, and her Director of Communications, Leela, is a millennial full of opinions but short on experience.
Just months into office, the dysfunctional trio are blindsided by a blackmail threat from frenemy-in-chief, Vladimir Putin. Communicating exclusively in emojis, he delivers an ultimatum: sell London to him or leak the sordid details of Will’s infamous 43rd birthday party to the Murdoch-owned Daily Mail.
As loyalties fracture and backroom deals unravel, incompetence takes centre stage. London's future is as uncertain as the whims of neurotic world leaders.
Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.
Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews
