Pornography at the Kilburn Tricycle
Simon Stephens seems to be one of our most prolific playwrights. His plays are regularly premiered at some of the best venues in the country including the National Theatre and the Royal Court. However, one of his plays, set in London, has not yet had a London show. That is about to be rectified.
At the Edinburgh Festival last summer, Stephens’ new play about the London tube bombings opened. It is called ‘Pornography’, and was set over a very busy news week in July 2005. There was the G8 summit, the 2012 Olympics bid and then 7/7.
The show will play at the Kilburn Tricycle from the 4th to the 29th of August.
The play tells the story of people going from the euphoria of London winning its Olympic bid through to the horror of the bus and tube bombings and their aftermath.
The play ran at the Traverse in Edinburgh last year and then transferred to the Birmingham Rep. It was a co-production between those two theatres. The show was directed by Sean Holmes, who has recently taken over as artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith where he is also directing Stephens’ latest play ‘Punk Rock’ which premieres in September.