​Janie Dee​

Speculations

On the Unexplained Deaths of Several American Icons

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Marilyn Monroe. John F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald. Three deaths that shook America. One woman who refused to stop asking questions.
 

New York, 1965. Celebrated journalist and television star Dorothy Kilgallen is chasing the biggest story of her career. America has been given its answers. Dorothy doesn’t believe them. Her investigation leads from Hollywood to the White House, from the Kennedy dynasty to the New Orleans underworld — and towards a web of connections between some of the most powerful and dangerous figures in America. But someone wants Dorothy to stop asking questions. And as the threats move ever closer to home, uncovering the truth could cost her everything.
 

Janie Dee stars as Dorothy Kilgallen in the world premiere of Torben Betts’ gripping new political thriller, directed by Trevor Nunn.
 

What if the stories we know aren’t the whole story?

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Presented by Wild Yak and the Marylebone Theatre

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​BOOK TICKETS

A comedy by Florian Zeller
 

★★★★★ ‘A razor-sharp marital comedy’ – The Times
 

Two couples. A tangle of secrets. And a truth nobody is ready to face.
 

From Oscar-winning writer Florian Zeller comes ‘a funny and devious must-see’ (The Guardian).

The Truth is a wickedly entertaining comedy where trust is fragile, loyalty is negotiable, and everyone has something to hide. This star-driven revival of the Olivier-nominated play peels back the lies we tell the people we love, and the ones we tell ourselves…
 

Starring Tony Award-nominated Stephen Mangan returning to the London stage, alongside comedy icon Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, My Hero), Sarah Hadland (Miranda, The Job Lot), and double Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee, The Truth runs in the West End for a strictly limited 14-week season.
 

Gripping, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Truth is a night at the theatre you won’t want to miss.
 

★★★★★ ‘A pitch-perfect hit’ – The Observer​

'This city’s sick. You need me. Arturo Ui.'
 

A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
 

While the Great Depression inflicts hardship across the nation, Chicago’s underworld festers with sex, scandal, violence and corruption. It’s the perfect storm for a schemer like Ui, his reputation as hot as hell.
 

Feeding on fear, Ui and his ruthless cronies make back-alley deals to protect the workers. So far, so bad. But his helpless targets watch on as Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the markets, politics and the law to seize the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
 

The simmering streets of Chicago come to the Swan Theatre for Seán Linnen’s RSC directorial debut. Double Olivier Award-winner Mark Gatiss debuts as the Notorious Arturo Ui, in Stephen Sharkey’s translation of Brecht’s riotous 1941 ‘gangster spectacle’, a blistering satire on Hitler’s ascent to power with new music composed by Placebo.​