Escaped Alone
The Royal Court Theatre presents ESCAPED ALONE, by Caryl Churchill, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, London, 21 January – 8 March, 2016. An elderly woman, a Mrs Jarrett (Lindsay Barrett), looks at us and says: “I’m walking down the street and there’s a door in the fence and inside are three women I’ve seen before.” and she goes in. So, we spend an hour with three old, comfortable friends, Sally (Deborah Findlay), Lena (Kika Markham) and Vi (June Watson) and a neighbour on a summer afternoon on a small grassed backyard lawn having tea in rickety chairs.…