by Cristina Comencini (Due Partite)
Directed by Aida Rocci
Translated by Aida Rocci, Tessa Nelson and Paul Hilliar
Produced by Antonia Georgieva
A co-production of Aslant Theatre and Jermyn Street Theatre, with the support of Arts Council England, Teatro Il Parioli (Rome), Enfi Teatro and Istituto Italiano di Cultura Londra.
Dates: February 2024
Location: Jermyn Street Theatre
Recipient of The OffComm Award 2023 for shows with short runs.
Press
The Upcoming ★★★★★
West End Best Friend ★★★★★
London Pub Theatres ★★★★1/2
Broadway World ★★★★
London Theatre 1 ★★★★
The Arts Dispatch ★★★★
John Cutler ★★★★
Sardines Magazine ★★★★
Fringe Review Hidden Gem
Curtain Call Bway Highlight of the month
“One of the most moving, women-centred theatre experiences of 2024.”
West End Evenings
Italy, 1960s. Claudia, Gabriella, Sofia, and Beatrice meet every week to play cards, discuss their marriages, and shuffle the deck of life. Fast forward thirty years, their daughters gather after a funeral, and the cycle repeats. But has anything changed?
Written by Oscar-nominee Cristina Comencini, a searing new translation from Aida Rocci brings the flavour, passion, and authenticity of a story that has captivated Italy for decades to the UK for the first time.
“Absorbing.“
Fringe Review
“Two Rounds at Jermyn Street Theatre achieves the thematic explorations of Barbie – a polarising speech and feminist discussions surrounding women’s purpose and place in society – with less glam and glitter, and does it even better.”
The Upcoming
“Theatre is a method of storytelling, a method of communicating creative and complex ideas, and Two Rounds just opened up the conversation even further.”
West End Best Friend
“a delicate but hard-hitting production”
Broadway World
Other Press
The Arts Dispatch – Interview with director Aida Rocci
The QR – Interview with director Aida Rocci
Podcast: The Stagey Place – Interview with director Aida Rocci
Cast
Gabriella/Sara: Flora Sowerby
Claudia/Cecilia: Natalie Cutler
Sofia/Rossana: Saria Steyl
Beatrice/Giulia: Daria Mazzocchio
Creative Team
Writer : Cristina Comencini
Director: Aida Rocci
Set and Costume Designer: Evelien Van Camp
Lighting Designer: Han Sayles
Sound Designer: Hattie North
Movement Director: Phoebe Hyder
Producer: Antonia Georgieva
Assistant Producer: Frederick Zennor
Production Photography: Giulia Delprato