Plaques and Tangles, Royal Court Theatre

If you were going to develop a disease, would you want to know? New play Plaques and Tangles at the Royal Court explores the heart-wrenching decisions faced by a young women, Megan, as she finds out she has a 50% chance of developing early onset Alzheimer's disease.

A few years later, she is given the chance to take a genetic test and find out for sure. Through a series of memories and flashbacks the play explores Megan's experience -- and the ripple effects on her family.

Nicola Wilson: play premiere

Having worked alongside new writers as Literary Manager at Bush Theatre and Resident Reader at the National, Nicola Wilson will make her Royal Court debut with new play Plaques and Tangles. With experience writing for radio and with new-writing specialist Paines Plough, Wilson is an exciting new voice for the stage. Director Lucy Morrison returns to the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs after the success of Who Cares.

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What	Plaques and Tangles, Royal Court Theatre
Where	Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8AS \| MAP
Nearest tube	Acton Town (underground)
When	14 Oct 15 – 21 Nov 15, 7:45 PM – 9:00 PM
Price	£20
Website	Click here to book via the Royal Court site

Venue

THE ROYAL COURT

Sloane Square’s Royal Court is London’s theatre du jour. Challenging productions, new British talent and atmosphere of radicalism ensure it’s every thespian’s first port of call, despite the well-heeled, un-groovy location.

The Court’s Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone has followed her bold inaugural season by further shaking things up with a new season of shows that are "dynamic, incredibly theatrically and stylistically varied." Yet, she says, the season is linked by a theme of "transgression – of crossing a line, of a non-acceptance of who we are or what we are forced to become."

There are two stages: the mid-capacity Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the very intimate studio space Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. The basement bar has a great menu, and is in perma-night-time -- sexy lighting, lots of dark corners and the occasional off-duty actor nursing a cappuccino. The thespy bookshop’s great, too.