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Anna Ziegler's provocative play, Actually, transfers to the West End's Trafalgar Studios this summer!Recommended age 16+
Performance dates
6 August - 31 August 2019
Run time To be confirmed.
Includes interval
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Tickets to Anna Ziegler's Actually play at Trafalgar Studios 2 available now!
Tickets to the upcoming West End premiere of Anna Ziegler's play, Actually, are on sale now. Having received its co-world premiere in 2017 at The Geffen Playhouse Theatre in Los Angeles, the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, and the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Actually play is set to transfer to the West End's Trafalgar Studios this summer for a strictly limited, one-month engagement.
What is Anna Ziegler's Actually play about?
Tom and Amber are just two students at the same Ivy League university hoping to put the textbooks aside and let loose. When the two meet at a rager, they end up having a one night stand. There's no doubt in their minds that they were attracted to each other and they can't deny they agreed to drink alcohol. But what actually happened between them at the party?
Anna Ziegler's 2017 play, Actually, dares to explore both dark and intense subject matter ranging from the validity of sexual consent, the complications that arise when both gender and race politics collide, and society's overwhelming desire to be one with the crowd. Perhaps there is not two, but actually three sides to every story.
Actually is a provocative tale that takes place on one night between two people with three truths. If you enjoyed Nina Raine's hit play Consent last year at the Harold Pinter Theatre, you'll certainly be mesmerised with this year's Actually at London's Trafalgar Studios.
About Actually playwright Anna Ziegler
Anna Ziegler is an American playwright hailing from Brooklyn, New York. She studied English at Yale University, an Ivy League School, before earning a master's degree in poetry at the University of East Anglia and an MFA in dramatic writing at New York University. Ziegler is no stranger to London's West End. Her 2008 debut play, Photograph 51, was staged at the Noel Coward Theatre in 2015 and starred Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin. The smash-hit play earned Kidman an Evening Standard Award for Best Actress and Anna Ziegler a WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play in 2016, thereby solidifying Ziegler's career as a serious playwright on the English-speaking theatre scene.
Other notable plays penned by Ziegler include 2015's Boy, which was nominated for a 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, 2011's Another Way Home, 2015's A Delicate Ship, 2007's BFF, and 2015's The Last Match. Given Ziegler's recent track record as one of the hottest new playwrights, you certainly won't want to miss the London premiere of Actually this August!
Actually play Trafalgar Studios tickets available now!
Book your tickets to see Actually at Trafalgar Studios 2 in London today from just £24! But hurry! The seats and performances are limited, which means West End Actually tickets will not last!
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Contains adult themes.Special notes
Latecomers will not be admitted.
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Actually play production shots released for Trafalgar Studios run
The Anna Ziegler-penned play Actually made its highly anticipated premiere on Tuesday and production photos for this thought-provoking piece have finally been released. Having premiered at Trafalgar Studios on 6 August 2019, the show's strictly limited run is booking until 31 August 2019.
Check out the production shots for Actually below and be sure to get your hands on tickets to the play early to ensure the best seats at Trafalgar Studios 2 whilst they're still available!
8 Aug, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

Features / Interviews / New Shows + Transfers
Q&A with Yasmin Paige from the West End’s Actually
Making its West End premiere in just over 2-weeks time is Anna Ziegler’s provocative play Actually, where stars Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda will take to the stage in Trafalgar Studios 2. The play made its world premiere in Los Angeles in 2017, 2 years before this London transfer. Whilst it’s been a long wait, Ziegler’s piece will only stick around for a limited engagement, so you’ll want to act quickly to catch it whilst you can.
Tickets for Actually’s West End short run are being snapped up, this daring and tense show has got everyone intrigued to find out what really happened on that one significant night. Before we get sunk into the suspense and mystery of Actually, I recently got to ask the starring leads some questions. If you missed our insightful Q&A with Simon Manyonda then be sure to check that out and read below to see what Yasmin Paige had to say…
22 Jul, 2019 | By Jade Ali

News / Features / Interviews / New Shows + Transfers
Q&A with Actually star Simon Manyonda
Anna Ziegler’s provocative play is set to make its West End premiere in just a few weeks time after having first appeared in Los Angeles in 2017. Tickets for Actually are proving popular and it’s not surprising as this production will play at Trafalgar Studios for a strictly limited one-month run!
Actually tickets won’t be around long and this summer must-see hasn’t even begun yet! Ziegler’s play opens on 6 August and we can hardly wait for this tense, thought-provoking show. Ahead of its limited engagement, we got to ask Actually star Simon Manyonda some pressing questions. Read below to see what he had to say…
18 Jul, 2019 | By Jade Ali

News / Casting / New Shows + Transfers
Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda set to star in Anna Ziegler’s Actually play for its European premiere at Trafalgar Studios
Casting has been announced for Anna Ziegler’s Actually with Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda set to star. The show will make its highly anticipated world premiere at Trafalgar Studios in London's West End this August for a strictly limited season.
17 May, 2019 | By Jade Ali
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