The Last Days of Liz Truss?
WINNER – BEST ACTOR – London Pub Theatre Awards 2025
FINALIST – BEST SOLO SHOW – London pub Theatre Awards 2025
‘Standout’ – Mark Lawson, The Guardian
Join Liz, on her last morning at number 10, in an exploration – equally comic and tragic – of the tensions in politics: between ambition and ability, vision and reality, going short and playing it long.
Can a fighter ever quit?
This award-winning production (Emma Wilkinson Wright, Best Actor, London Pub Theatres Awards 2025) transfers to The Other Palace Studio after two critically acclaimed and sold-out runs at Kennington’s White Bear Theatre.
6 March – Post-show Q&A hosted by Terri Paddock.
Meet the cast and creative team behind The Last Days of Liz Truss? Your chance to ask questions about show! Meet Emma Wilkinson Wright (playing Liz Truss), Steve Nallon (the Voice of Thatcher and others), Writer Greg Wilkinson, Director Anthony Shrubsall, and Associate Producer Sarah Lawrie.
Join Liz, on her last morning at number 10, in an exploration – equally comic and tragic – of the tensions in politics: between ambition and ability, vision and reality, going short and playing it long.
Can a fighter ever quit?
This award-winning production (Emma Wilkinson Wright, Best Actor, London Pub Theatres Awards 2025) transfers to The Other Palace Studio after two critically acclaimed and sold-out runs at Kennington’s White Bear Theatre.
6 March – Post-show Q&A hosted by Terri Paddock.
Meet the cast and creative team behind The Last Days of Liz Truss?
From reviews of previous runs:
★★★★★ ‘A brilliant performance’ – Theatre and Tonic
★★★★★ ‘A fascinating and entertaining production’ – UK Theatre Web
★★★★ 1/2 ‘Satirical comical tragedy at its best – Emma Wilkinson Wright has a storming presence as Liz Truss’ – London Born and Bred
★★★★ ‘Emma Wilkinson Wright’s bravura and mesmerising performance is a superbly pitched and accurately delivered recreation of a curious period in our history’ – Londontheatre1
★★★★ ‘Gripping…remarkable’ – Libby Purves, Theatre Cat
★★★★ ‘Biting, ironic, and deeply funny – deftly captures the contradictions at the heart of British politics’ – Plays to See
Studio
3 March - 15 March
Performance times:
Tue, Wed & Fri – 7.00pm
Thu & Sat – 2.30 & 7.00pm
Sun – 2.30pm
Ticket prices: £22
Strong language, strong sexual references. Disco/strobe lighting.
The main entrance, both our auditoriums and our bar are wheelchair accessible. We also have 2 accessible toilets. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system and a Radio Frequency system fitted in the auditorium and there are also hearing loops available at the Box Office. Please see our Accessibility Guidance and please feel free to contact our access team access@theotherpalace.madewithweb.com should there be anything else we can do to make your visit more comfortable.
Gallery
Video
Cast
Cast & Creative Team
Emma Wilkinson Wright as Liz Truss
Steve Nallon as The Voice of Margaret Thatcher and Others
Writer: Greg Wilkinson
Director: Anthony Shrubsall
Set and Costume Design: Male Arcucci
Lighting Design: Tom Younger
LX Operator & Stage Manager: Arabella Dear
Voice Coach: Ryan O’Grady
Associate Producer: Sarah Lawrie
Movement Director: Mandy Gordon
Produced by Oxia Theatre
Greg Wilkinson
Writer
Anthony Shrubsall
Director
Male Arcucci
Set and Costume Design
Tom Younger
Lighting Design
Arabella Dear
LX Operator & Stage Manager
Ryan O’Grady
Voice Coach
Sarah Lawrie
Associate Producer
Mandy Gordon
Movement Director
Produced by Oxia Theatre
This production continues to support the new writing development fund at The Other Palace. 50p from each ticket sold on all future productions in the main house, will be allocated to a ringfenced fund specifically to support the development of new writing and emerging playwrights.
Full details of the first open call and details on how to apply will be announced later this year. See for more information here.