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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Handbagged

Handbagged at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2014.

Sept 9 – Oct 22, 2022
269 Kilburn High Rd, Kilburn, London NW6 7JR, United Kingdom

Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II walk into a bar … and then Moira Buffini takes over and imagines the rest. First staged in 2010, Handbagged takes place between 1979 and 1990, the period when both women ruled England. While the show covers major historical moments of the 1980s, it also provides the petty, mean, kind, and mundane conversations the two leaders may have had when no one was around to overhear. The lofty ladies also interact with the audience. For the first time since its 2013 sold-out run, the play returns to Kiln Theater. Indhu Rubasingham directs. —Jensen Davis

Photo: Tristram Kenton