In the Shadow of Her Majesty – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
In a cramped but comfortable North London council flat four female members of a family are preparing for Christmas. It is December 2020, when social interaction is still impacted by the effect of Covid. Within sight of the house are the overbearing walls of Pentonville prison, where the man of the house is incarcerated. The long-suffering and alcoholic mother Doreen (Alice Selwyn) and her three daughters form a fractious family unit, obsessed by football and EastEnders. The youngest daughter Jorja (Ella Harding) waits impatiently and in some distress for a long-awaited phone call on the landline from her father from inside the prison, while receiving mysterious messages on her own phone.
The play, written by Lois Tallulah who also starred as oldest daughter Riley, was billed as "a t...