Handbagged review

“An exceptional cast”

ReviewsSep 16, 2022by Nick FerrisKiln Theatre, London

Abigail Cruttenden, Kate Fahy, Marion Bailey and Naomi Frederick in Handbagged at the Kiln Theatre, London. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Moira Buffini’s play about the weekly meetings between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher is immensely funny and well-researched, but also exceptionally timely

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Nick is a freelance theatre critic who has previously written for Theatre Weekly, the Ham&High and a Younger Theatre. He also works as a climate and energy journalist for The New Statesman and its sister titles.

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