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Pins and Needles West End

Pins and Needles 2024

Opened: September 19, 2024
Closing: October 26, 2024

Pins and Needles - West End History , Info & More

Kiln Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road London NW6 7JR London

Caution: Contains truth, lies and misinformation. You decide.



Rob is putting science and scepticism to the test in his new play. For

research, he speaks to Mary, a mother trying to make the best

decisions for her family, Toby, an angry son who distrusts

institutions, and Edward Jenner, the father of modern vaccinations.

The more he listens, the more he struggles to keep his own

subjectivity off the table, which begs the question – how do you

know who to trust?



Rob Drummond, whose plays are ‘utterly unpredictable’ (The

Stage), explores the politics around vaccines, and the human stories

behind them.



__Assisted Performances:__


Audio Described: 24 October, 7.30pm


Captioned: 21 October, 7.30pm


Relaxed: 19 October, 2.30pm


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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Pins and Needles

Pins + Needles, Kiln Theatre Review
7 / 10

This play is unsettling, meta, often shocking, and incredibly moving, as through the stories of the four characters onstage you drill endlessly into the question of trust, to find doesn’t have the solid sort of answer you might hope for. All we can do, then, is keep talking to each other.

Pins and Needles review – a teasing, tricksy tale of vaccinations, from smallpox to Covid
7 / 10

While the over-explanatory Q&A format allows clarity for each story, the play is strongest when firm opinions take a backseat, allowing murkier, thornier problems to come to the fore. A simmering uncertainty remains from Drummond’s constant, smirking reminder that none of this is wholly trustworthy, but the continual tease of an unreliable narrator ultimately promises more tricksiness than it delivers. Pins and Needles is a sleek story of debate and denial, but it longs for a slightly sharper scratch.

Review Roundup: PINS AND NEEDLES at the Kiln Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 27, 2024


See what the critics are saying about Pins and Needles at the Kiln Theatre. Read the reviews for Rob Drummond's play, starring Richard Cant, and learn more about the production.

Review: PINS AND NEEDLES, Kiln Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 26, 2024


New play packs plenty of ethical questions into an engaging and fascinating production that offers much to think about on the way home

Interview: Actor Richard Cant on Collaboration and Research in PINS AND NEEDLES at Kiln Theatre
by Sarah OHara - September 23, 2024


Rob Drummond’s new play, Pins and Needles, will premiere in Amit Sharma’s inaugural season at the Kiln Theatre on Wednesday 25 September.

Pins and Needles History

Other Productions of Pins and Needles

1937   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1978   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Revival
Off-Broadway
   West End
West End

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