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A new Yard is here. A new season is here. On-sale now. Good god. theyardtheatre.co.uk (We’re here on Blue Sky, just only sometimes. Very active on Instagram instagram.com/theyardtheatre)

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British Vogue - Fashion, Trends, Latest News, Catwalk Photos & … @vogue.co.uk.web.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
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“It Feels Like A Black Girl Bible”: Inside The Return Of ‘For Colored Girls’
50 years after ‘for colored girls’ first landed on Broadway, British Vogue speaks to the cast and director, Diane Page, about helming its return to east London’s Yard Theatre.
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Emma Loffhagen @emmaloffhagen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you're in the UK, you’ve probably heard of the play For Black Boys, but perhaps not the work that inspired it... I spent an afternoon in rehearsals with the cast of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls, 50 years after it was first performed, for Vogue. Have a read💌 www.vogue.co.uk/article/for-...
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“It Feels Like A Black Girl Bible”: Inside The Return Of ‘For Colored Girls’
50 years after ‘for colored girls’ first landed on Broadway, British Vogue speaks to the cast and director, Diane Page, about helming its return to east London’s Yard Theatre.
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London news, sport and culture | The Standard | London Evening … @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
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For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf review
Ntozake Shange’s legendary impressionistic play is a suitably adventurous addition to the reopened, ever-exciting Hackney Wick theatre The Yard
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
★★★★ A spirited revival of a 50-year-old classic: a fine cast shows Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking piece still has teeth and dynamism writes Helen Hawkins on for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard theartsdesk.com/theatre/colo...
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Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ntozake Shange's for black girls ... has its long overdue London premiere at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social and it's been worth the wait: a searing, sensational symphony of Black women's lives in America that blends horror, humour and heartache in a thrilling celebration of solidarity and sisterhood.
Ibilola Rossi, Nadine Higgin, Cherrelle Skeete, Alex Thomas-Smith and Tatenda Matsvai in for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
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Theatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 27/07/2026
The Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for its revival of Ntozake Shange’s celebrated choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf theatreweekly.com/the-yard-the...
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The Yard Theatre announces full cast for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf - Theatre Weekly
The Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The World is Full of Married Men is a gloriously filthy Barbie bonkbuster Hackney’s Yard theatre reopens in startling fashion with a hilarious feminist Jackie Collins puppet show boasting plenty of plastic-on-plastic action Review by Susannah Clapp bit.ly/4x7XgDD
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The World is Full of Married Men is a gloriously filthy B...
Hackney’s Yard theatre reopens in startling fashion with a hilarious feminist Jackie Collins puppet show boasting plenty of plastic-on-plastic action
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Ivan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I happened to catch this @theyardtheatre.bsky.social — it’s the extremely raunchy/ graphic Swedish-language puppet adaptation of Jackie Collins we didn’t know we needed (but did!)
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‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies
Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I saw The World is Full of Married Men, a Jackie Collins adaptation performed by doll puppets in Swedish, at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social last night. Agree with this @theguardian.com review – one of the weirdest, wittiest and best shows of the year www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
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The World Is Full of Married Men review – Jackie Collins’ bonkbuster as a gloriously filthy puppet show
Barbies, giant erections and exquisite craftsmanship combine in one of the year’s most outrageously funny and startingly original shows
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Liam O’Dell (He/Him) @liamodell.com · 23/07/2026
Malmö Dockteater's stage adaptation of Jackie Collins' novel - featuring dolls - has its London premiere at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social.
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Review: 'The World is Full of Married Men' at The Yard Theatre
Malmö Dockteater's stage adaptation of Jackie Collins' novel - featuring dolls - has its London premiere at The Yard Theatre.
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I defy anyone to read this piece on memories of @theyardtheatre.bsky.social before its rebuild and not want to book ahead for every single production. My new favourite space.
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Amazing double bill at the Yard Theatre last night: Philosophy of the World - anarchic, chaotic take on the Shaggs - and The World Is Full Of Married Men, Swedish-language Barbie Doll performance of Jackie Collins. Both full of joyful risk-taking and pops at the patriarchy. More of this please!
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I knew Philosophy Of The World at the Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick would be a play about The Shaggs. What I didn’t expect was the harsh noise, the blood, the calisthenics, the nudity or the SCUM Manifesto. It’s on until August 1. Recommended. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/philo...
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Philosophy of the World | Buy Tickets
Reimagines theatre to reimagine the world
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David Constable @davidconstable.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Yard Theatre 2.0 is a splendid upgrade of an old friend. Great to be at the first performance in this new space. And I already have a favourite seat!
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Andrew Moore @tumbledryerbaby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
see this while you can
Programme for ‘Philosophy of the World’, a play by IN BED WITH MY BROTHER at the Yard Theatre Hackney Wick
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Mayor of London's Culture team @ldnculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Yard theatre has re-opened in a new building twice its original size🎭 The opening season includes a cult Edinburgh transfer, Ian McKellen in a new Lear, a debut writer and a shaken-up Mrs Dalloway Head to Hackney Wick to check it out! www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
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wgo @wgo.toot.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026
Swedish puppets do Jackie Collins. Yep. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/…
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‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies
Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say
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The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#THEATRE #REVIEW Philosophy of the World @theyardtheatre.bsky.social 'the perfect production to inaugurate the Yard's new chapter with its unapologetically punk core' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/philosophy-o... #London
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Philosophy of the World – The Yard, London - The Reviews Hub
Creator: In Bed with My Brother Co-director: Louise Mari On its 15th anniversary, The Yard reopens with a larger 220-seat auditorium while retaining the spirit that has made it one of London’s most ex...
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Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy of the World is a blazing, brilliant remix of the story of The Shaggs co-starring theatre's secret weapon Nigel Barrett. Funny, fiery, furious, it's a perfect first show for the gorgeous new @theyardtheatre.bsky.social: same radical spirit, slightly comfier seats.
In Bed With My Brother (Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory) in costume as The Shaggs for Philosophy of the World. Playing at the Yard to 1st August: https://www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/philosophy-of-the-world
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Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Welcome back to the brilliant @theyardtheatre.bsky.social, returning at twice the size & twice the attitude with a breathtaking new season including In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy Of The World, Malmö Stadsteater’s The World Is Full Of Married Men & Ian McKellen's Lear: www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 09/01/2026
London fringe venue the Yard Theatre has unveiled details of its reopening season, which will include the world premiere of Philosophy of the World from theatre company In Bed with My Brother. Read more 👇
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Yard Theatre unveils initial reopening plans
London fringe venue the Yard Theatre has unveiled details of its reopening season, which will include a world premiere from theatre company In Bed with My Brother
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Caroline Gonda (she/her) @liederfollower.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
✨✨✨✨✨ They did it! Congratulations to Jay Miller and everyone involved in this gorgeous show at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social
Screenshot from the Olivier Awards account on x, announcing that the winner of Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre is The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at The Yard Theatre
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Emma Miriam @emmamiriamb.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Farewell for now @theyardtheatre.bsky.social | such a brilliant send off 🧡
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
And to celebrate @theyardtheatre.bsky.social's milestone... And to say thanks to everyone who contributed... And to mark our own milestone of Exeunt having been back for six months (!!) ...this piece is FREE to read for ALL!
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
It's the end of an era for The Yard - and saying goodbye to the Hackney Wick venue feels bittersweet for many. So we decided to immortalise it, collecting memories of amazing shows, career breaks, smoking areas, dancing dogs, spaceships, headbanging, raw fish, and meeting the love of your life
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Live chicks, dyke raves, and true love... our best memories of The Yard
As the The Yard is demolished to make way for a shiny new building, theatre-makers, party-throwers, and Exeunt writers share their most vivid memories
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Very Nearly Half Witted @vnearlyhalfwitted.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Fantastic first visit to the Yard Theatre for The Glass Menagerie, superbly staged and completely absorbing from start to finish Time is the longest distance between two places
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Judith Mackrell @judithmackrell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Highly recommend the Yard Theatre's production of Glass Menagerie - gets the fever dream heart of TW's poetry
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Win Monroe @winmonroe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
For people in London that enjoy theater, The Glass Menagerie at Yard Theater is excellent. Highly recommended.
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Andrzej Łukowski @mrlukowski.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
‘It was high chaos’: the birth, death and rebirth of London’s coolest theatre www.timeout.com/london/news/... < I caught up with Jay from the Yard to ask exactly how chaotic the early days were and if they’re all sellout fatcat capitalists now
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‘It was high chaos’: the death and rebirth of London’s coolest theatre
The Yard founder Jay Miller speaks to Time Out
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Sheridan Flynn @sheridanflynn.com · 27/04/2025
Near perfect production of The Glass Menagerie at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. Closes in May when the theatre is demolished and rebuilt.
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West Camel @westcamel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Over to Hackney Wick yesterday to see The Glass Menagerie at The Yard Theatre. Powerful production with excellent performances from all players. Lots of contemporary touches but Williams’ text is allowed to shine as brightly, and as devastatingly, as ever. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/the-g...
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The Glass Menagerie | The Yard Theatre
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/03/2025
Yard Theatre bosses have warned that cuts to arts reporting was making it more difficult for theatres to get their work reviewed 👇
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Yard bosses: Culture editors should give critics 24 hours to write good reviews
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Marycshaw @marycshaw.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
My last visit to The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick before it closes to be rebuilt. Jay Miller’s The Glass Menagerie has had terrific reviews and the run has been extended to May 10th. Some tickets still available but it’s selling out.
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Tabby Lamb @tabby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I wrote about my relationship to The Glass Menagerie, and how own interpretation of it as an autistic trans woman after seeing @theyardtheatre.bsky.social’s amazing production: open.substack.com/pub/tabbylam...
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the glass timeline: a transfem reading of the glass menagerie
in which i distract myself from a burning world with an old play.
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The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"If this was really it for The Yard, then it would be going out on a high" Time Out First wave of reviews have dropped. Tickets are shifting even faster. Our phones are ringing off the hook. We did warn you. The Glass Menagerie is officially a (smash) hit 🔨 theyardtheatre.co.uk/theglassmenagerie
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The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"If this was really it for The Yard, then it would be going out on a high" Time Out First wave of reviews have dropped. Tickets are shifting even faster. Our phones are ringing off the hook. We did warn you. The Glass Menagerie is officially a (smash) hit 🔨 theyardtheatre.co.uk/theglassmenagerie
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Kathryn Havelock @kathrynhavelock.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just booked tickets for this at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social Theatre so VERY excited that it's got such a glowing review in @theguardian.com
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The Glass Menagerie review – exquisite, utterly devastating take on Tennessee Williams’ classic
Jay Miller’s production raises the ghosts of troubled memories with powerful intimacy in this final show before the venue gets a grand refit
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Alun Hood @ajhlovestheatre.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Hackney’s beloved @theyardtheatre.bsky.social is bowing out of the first phase of its storied life with something strange and wonderful. This #TheGlassMenagerie is tremendously effective and affecting. ajhlovestheatre.org/2025/03/12/t...
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – it’s the hipster take on Tennessee Williams that you didn’t know you needed, but will probably never forget
Tom Varey and Sharon Small, photograph by Manuel Harlan THE GLASS MENAGERIE  by Tennessee Williams  directed by Jay Miller The Yard Theatre, London – until 10 May 2025 running time:…
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North West End UK @northwestenduk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#REVIEW - The Glass Menagerie at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social "the quality of the creativity on stage is never in question" northwestend.com/the-glass-me... #TheatreSky #London
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The Glass Menagerie – The Yard Theatre - North West End UK
When the audience walked into the theatre, an actor was spray painting the wall of the stage, and smoke was being pumped into the air, a fitting start for an exceptional and anarchic evening of theatr...
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David Jays @mrdavidjays.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Felt a pang at my final visit to the old @theyardtheatre.bsky.social, though The Glass Menagerie is a beautiful way to say goodbye. The long fragile scene between Laura and her gentleman caller is breathtaking - sensationally delicate stage debuts by Eva Morgan & Jad Sayegh
Laura & the gentleman caller dancing together, bathed in golden light.
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Theatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 10/03/2025
The Yard Theatre’s final production before closing for redevelopment, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, has seen unprecedented demand, selling faster than any show in the theatre’s history and announces extension @theyardtheatre.bsky.social
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The Yard Theatre Announces Extension of The Glass Menagerie as the Show Breaks Box Office Records
The Yard Theatre’s final production before closing for redevelopment, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, has seen unprecedented demand, selling faster than any show in the theatre’s history and announces extension
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DreStation @drestation.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The Glass Menagerie @ The Yard Theatre
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Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Here is this week's issue of The Crush Bar, featuring... - a chat with @theyardtheatre.bsky.social founder and director Jay Miller - my top five Yard Theatre shows over the years - three shows to see next week in Glasgow, London and Bristol Read/subscribe thecrushbar.substack.com/p/i-masquera...
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"I masqueraded as a property developer who wanted to build a theatre."
Artistic director Jay Miller on the first fourteen years of The Yard Theatre, the final show before it is torn down, and the new venue that will take its place. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
last performances of My Mother’s Funeral: The Show today at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social to round off the tour, so we’ve prepared some final words: Gillian, don’t forget the pie in the oven. Sending all of the love for this team for shows 83 and 84 💐
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Rosie Stancliffe @rosiestancliffe.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Had my first visit to @theyardtheatre.bsky.social to see my remarkable friend Nicole Sawyerr & the wonderful @debrabaker33.bsky.social & Sam Armfield. I saw this at the fringe and it remains as funny & powerful as it was. So glad more people get to see it, congrats @charlottebennett.bsky.social 👏
A photo of the outside of The Yard theatre. It is nighttime and the theatre is inside an industrial yard with bar tables outside.Poster of My Mothers Funeral: The Show. It’s is bright pink with the title in white capital letters and a photo of Nicole’s head smiling at the camera covered in a heap of multicoloured flowers.
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Theo Bosanquet @theobosanquet.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Been playing EdFringe catch up this week by seeing a couple of award-winners from last year - Amy Gledhill (@sohotheatre.bsky.social) and My Mother's Funeral (@theyardtheatre.bsky.social). Both excellent and highly recommended; also a welcome last chance to see The Yard before its redevelopment.
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