In association with the National Theatre Studio, the Tricycle is delighted to present three Curtain Raisers which will be performed on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6.45 – 7.15pm.

Tickets for Curtain Raisers are £4 or free if you have a ticket for the performance that evening

Monday 21 June and Tuesday 29 June

HOW TO LOOK GOOD IN POWER
by Lydia Adetunji

1997. Newly-elected Labour MP Miriam is less than pleased when she’s dispatched to see an image consultant. Miriam’s never worried about her clothes before. But with both the party and a hostile press on her case, now might be a good time to start.

Monday 28 June and Tuesday 6 July

THIRTEEN
by Abbie Spallen

In 1843 in the Penal Colony of Van Dieman’s land, Sir John Franklin is dismissed as governor, accused of succumbing to ‘Petticoat Politics’ for listening to his earnestly politicised wife. Was she despised because she was a woman or did they come to realise that for her, emancipation was the fashion and the privilege of the rich, silly and bored?

Tuesday 22 June and Monday 5 July

PENNY DREADFUL
by David Watson

The dog days of New Labour. Penny’s policy launch is overshadowed by events at home, and by the ghosts of lost ideals. Thirteen years previously, Penny’s daughter receives a visit from a different kind of spirit…

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