Rotterdam

Overview

Produced by:: Hartshorn - Hook Foundation
Dates:: May 17 - June 10, 2017
Run Time:: 0 Hour, 0 Minute
Intermission:: No
Theater:: Showing in Theater

Show Info

By Jon Brittain
Directed by Donnacadh O'Briain

With Ed Eales-White, Anna Martine Freeman, Alice McCarthy, and Ellie Morris

Winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Following a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at London's Theatre503 in 2015, and Traflagar Studios in 2016, Jon Brittain's Rotterdam comes to New York.

Alice wants to come out as a lesbian. Her girlfriend Fiona wants to start living as a man.

It's New Year in Rotterdam, and Alice has finally plucked up the courage to email her parents and tell them she's gay. But before she can hit send, Fiona reveals that he has always identified as a man and now wants to start living as one named Adrian.

Now, as Adrian begins his transition, Alice must face a question she never thought she'd ask... does this mean she's straight?

A bittersweet comedy about gender, sexuality and being a long way from home from writer Jon Brittain, co-creator of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, and writer of What Would Spock Do? and The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo.

Eales-White

Anna Martine

Freeman

Alice

McCarthy

Ellie

Morris

Photo Caption: Ed Eales-White and Anna Martine Freeman in ROTTERDAM
Photo: Hunter Canning

Photo Caption: Anna Martine Freeman and Alice McCarthy in ROTTERDAM
Photo: Hunter Canning

Photo Caption: Alice McCarthy and Anna Martine Freeman in ROTTERDAM
Photo: Hunter Canning

Producing Company

Hartshorn - Hook Productions

Hartshorn - Hook Productions is a modern theatrical entertainment company, based in London, producing commercial theatre in the West End, across the UK and around the world.

Read more at: http://www.hartshornhook.com

Reviews

"Rotterdam poses pertinent questions about what makes us who we are, with surprising humor and knockout performances." - Time Out

"The triumph of Rotterdam is the triumph of all great theater: It finds its way to the universal through the personal." - Theatermania

"A beautifully written play, not only heart-wrenching but highly entertaining, simultaneously dramatic, comedic, and thought-provoking. I urge you to see it." - A Seat on the Aisle

"Rich and edgy, steeped in an authentic sound and fury." - FrontMezzJunkies

"Gutsy, wrenching, and beautifully acted." - Blog Critics

★★★★ "Brittain handles complex issues with great honesty and thoughtfulness, but also with a refreshing amount of wit." - Evening Standard