This is the career trajectory of Billie Piper, but also of Suzie Pickles, the titular (and fictional) character of the bracing new comedy-drama I Hate Suzie, in which Piper stars and co-created with frequent collaborator, the playwright and screenwriter Lucy Prebble. “Enron” was a hit in the West End, but closed on Broadway after just one week. Reece Shearsmith as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Ms. Prebble’s play. But this is not to say that the show is some macabre rumination on heady themes. ‘The people we talked about [when creating Suzie], of course, we talked about [Billie] but we also talked about Charlotte Church,’ Prebble reveals. Ms. Litvinenko said she had felt nervous going to the theater, partly because she didn’t know what to expect. What’s New to Streaming in November 2020: seen at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre in the spring, The Theatre Community Shares Their 'I Voted' Selfies, The Actors Fund Raises Over $1 Million at Virtual Gala, Spotlight on Black Broadway Producers: Brian Moreland. “Think of the number of stories that haven’t been told yet or haven’t been told in a particular way because women haven’t had quite as much access to the screen and stage," says the playwright. For this to be effective, of course, you would be hard-placed to find another British actress who encapsulates the pitfalls and highs of fame like Piper, from both her short-lived career as a pop-star to her award-winning pivot to drama and the use of her personal life as tabloid fodder. ‘When you’ve got that level of communication as close friends, she’ll trust me to write that. “It was the breaking point for me,” said Ms. Litvinenko, a former dance teacher. The evening honored Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Virginia Johnson, and more. She was as driven in her fight to expose Russian wrongdoing as her husband had been, Ms. Prebble said. “Of course, Sasha couldn’t dance,” she added. This is another deliberate tactic by both Prebble and Piper to really get to the heart of what I Hate Suzie is trying to say about modern life – what does it, actually, mean to be famous? Jon Pashley directs the debut play from actor Paul Harvard. The cast of “A Very Expensive Poison,” which runs at the Old Vic in London through Oct. 5. the more famous people I’ve met, the more I honestly believe it.’, Lily Allen and David Harbour catch up on lost time as they reunite in New York City, Lily Allen heads back to New York to reunite with husband David Harbour, Armie Hammer 'struggles every day' to be the best father he can after divorce. “She was not just dealing with a bereavement, which is terrible enough already, she was dealing with it being a murder, and then she’s dealing with the political machinations of it.”, After the murder, Ms. Litvinenko fought for years for an inquest, then a public inquiry, into her husband’s death, despite successive British governments blocking her efforts. Last Friday at the Old Vic, Ms. Litvinenko eventually sat down to watch her life with Alexander onstage — both the happy times and the tragic ones. Ultimately, I Hate Suzie is a story about women, told by women, and the fact that it’s so big and bold in its characterisation and approach to drama isn’t something to be shied away from, its something to be embraced. ‘We talked about Lily Allen, about Britney Spears. You’re meant to read Pickles as an analogy to Piper – or at least to begin with – but much of I Hate Suzie’s power lies in the way it willingly riffs on its stars already-defined cultural identity, while at the same time creating something new; a sort of knowing nod to the audience itself, which only adds more layers to the show’s postmodern deconstruction on fame and the way it both bestows power and then takes it away. Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie tackles what it means to be a famous woman in Britain – here’s how they did it George Griffiths Wednesday 26 Aug 2020 7:00 am Not for my friends. The writer met Ms. Litvinenko several times while researching the play, she said. Alice Birch won for her play Anatomy of a Suicide in 2018, Clare Barron's Dance Nation was the 2017 winner, and Lynn Nottage's Sweat won in 2016. In a chat with Metro.co.uk, writer Prebble stresses that this is an intention on the behalf of her and Piper, although the events of the show shouldn’t be taken as gospel, but the recognition plays its part in making the audience feel comfortable…until they’re suddenly not. Peter Crawley. If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk Entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you. “I thought what Marina did was tremendously moving,” she said. Prebble says the narrative of I Hate Suzie will follow Pickles as she goes through the stages of grief – anger, denial, acceptance – and you can read this, on the most basic level, as a reaction to the hacking, but also as a comment on the nature of fame. The first was in a basement cafe of the London bookshop where Mr. Litvinenko used to meet his handler from the British secret service. In it, Mr. Litvinenko was poisoned by another critic of the Kremlin. On Her 4th Time Nominated, Lucy Prebble Wins 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Shereen Pimentel, Amanda Robles, More Perform in Latest Episode of, Watch Lucie Jones Find 'A Way Back to Then' From Upcoming Streaming Production of, WATCH: Leslie Odom Jr. Shares New 'Wait For It' Music Video for Election Day, 21 Broadway Stars Show Off Their Spirit for Halloween 2020. I’m really grateful to Leslie for that.”, “Winning it is obviously incredibly satisfying and thrilling, but the relationship that’s been there since I was first nominated—that has as much, if not more value.”. Piper, in particular, seems to be having a ball, able to flex her dramatic and comedic muscles in the same scene. The solo show, presented by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater along with seven regional theatres, will air nationwide via ALL ARTS. "I personally feel that the best work that I’ve seen onstage the last few years, has been by women. The 10-hour streaming event features appearances from several stage and screen favorites. You can’t just do what Putin tries, to turn a page and forget it.”, “He decides it’s all forgotten,” Ms. Litvinenko added. It was a short scene — just a few seconds long, and toward the end — in which Ms. Buring and Tom Brooke, the actor playing Mr. Litvinenko, dance tentatively. Ms. Litvinenko said she was amazed by the actor MyAnna Buring’s portrayal of her. Audra McDonald, Billy Porter, Jeremy Jordan, and more are posting their election experiences on social media. She decided to tell the complex story of Mr. Litvinenko’s life and murder by having the character investigate his own death, with Mr. Putin trying to direct the action, or at least divert the audience’s attention from the truth, from the sidelines. Ms. Prebble said she was also drawn to the love story behind the news event. Prebble says that Suzie isn’t just a parallel to the Doctor Who star, though, but an amalgamation of several public figures who all rose to fame at around the same time – late 1990s, early 2000s – like a sort of Mount Rushmore of British female celebrities. But Prebble has her previous nominations to thank for her ongoing relationship with Leslie Swackhamer, executive director of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Obviously, an event of this magnitude has never happened to the former Doctor Who star – but that’s not the point. Copyright 1991-2020 © Playbill Inc. All Rights Reserved. Billie Piper has recalled how she got 'completely hammered for three years' with ex-husband Chris Evans when she was feeling burnt out from her teen pop career. It has been a decade since Ms. Prebble became the talk of British theater with “Enron,” a play that told the story of the American energy company’s implosion, and that featured song and dance numbers and even, at one point, dinosaurs. That makes me really excited for the next few decades.”. “MyAnna took everything from me: how she moved, how she talked, how she looked,” she said. ‘Billie can kind of access emotion and play it more resonantly than any other actor I’ve ever worked with,’ Prebble says. Lucy Prebble’s new play, “A Very Expensive Poison,” dramatizes the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko. And now not for many people who watch this play.”. Last year’s winner was Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury for her play Fairview. The idea for “A Very Expensive Poison” came to her by surprise in 2017, Ms. Prebble said. President Vladimir V. Putin probably approved the murder, a public inquiry in Britain later said. Piper is, of course, the perfect vehicle for the show; she’s bold and totally committed to each of her choices, no matter how outlandish they may seem. Sign up for exclusive discounts and save up to 50% on tickets! Typically, the award—which comes with a cash prize of $25,000—is given to a single winner, with finalists receiving $5,000 each. There had been several documentaries about her husband’s murder, but never a play. A Very Expensive PoisonThrough Oct. 5 at the Old Vic, London; oldvictheater.com. A Murdered Spy’s Widow Relives Her Loss Onstage, MyAnna Buring as Marina Litvinenko in “A Very Expensive Poison.”. “I want these people, this play, to succeed,” she said. where we skip over an all-powerful man forcing a young woman to have his baby and celebrate how he won’t even find her and her cucked husband a house.” ‘It is a fictional show,’ she confirms. “I feel a little bit like I shouldn’t drink something that’s already been poured for me.”. The New York Theatre Barn presentation features songs from. “We did try some movements, but it was only like this: just three simple steps, nothing difficult.”.
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