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NINE NIGHT

12 Nov - 19 Dec 2026

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Kiln Theatre presents

Nine Night

by Natasha Gordon

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Some secrets don’t make it to the grave

When Gloria passes, her family gathers for the traditional Jamaican Nine Night. And that means the whole family.

As more and more mourners gather bringing rum and curry and complaints, tensions build, and the family must face some uncomfortable truths.

‘A spirit never wan fi leave de family home’; and there’s still 8 days left…

Amit Sharma (Retrograde, Please Please Me) directs this brand new production of Natasha Gordon’s critically acclaimed debut play celebrating the humour and hardships of grief.

 

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Special Performances

Alcohol Free Performance: 23 November, 7.30pm
Post show Q&A and Supporters’ Evening: 1 December, 7.30pm
Schools’ Performance: 9 December, 1.30pm
Supporters’ Matinee: 16 December, 2.30pm

Access Performances

Audio Described Performance, preceded by a Touch Tour: 17 December, 7.30pm
Captioned Performance: 3 December, 7.30pm
Relaxed Performance: 12 December, 2.30pm

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Ticket Prices

£15 – £45

Duration

TBC

Dates

12 Nov - 19 Dec 2026

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Creative Team

Natasha Gordon

Writer
Natasha Gordon

Writer

Natasha Gordon is a British playwright and actress of Jamaican descent. Her debut play, Nine Night, enjoyed a sold-out run at the National Theatre in April 2018 before transferring to Trafalgar Studio in 2019. In 2022 the play received its US premiere at the Round House in Washington DC and a revival was produced by Leeds and Nottingham Playhouses in the UK. In 2018 Natasha won the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards as well as the Critics’ Circle Award. Nine Night was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy. She is currently working on commissions for the National Theatre and for television.

As a performer, her stage credits include: Nine Night (Trafalgar Studios); Red Velvet (Tricycle Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse); The Low Road and Clubland (Royal Court Theatre); Mules (Young Vic) and As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company). Film and TV credits include: Dough, Line of Duty, You, Me and the Apocolypse, and Danny and the Human Zoo. 

Amit Sharma

Director
Amit Sharma

Director

Amit Sharma is Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre where he most recently directed Please Please Me, Pins and Needles and The Purists. Before joining the Kiln Theatre as Associate Director, he was previously Deputy Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep, Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and Associate Director at Graeae Theatre Company where his journey into theatre began. Sharma directed the critically acclaimed and sell-out run of Retrograde at the Kiln, transferring to the West End’s Apollo Theatre in March; and has also directed two productions at the National Theatre – The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae Theatre Company/Theatre Royal Plymouth co-production) and The Boy With Two Hearts (also Wales Millennium Centre). He also co-directed Prometheus Awakes, one of the largest outdoor productions featuring Deaf and disabled artists as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad (Graeae Theatre Company/ Greenwich+Docklands International Festival/ Stockton International Riverside Festival/La Fura Dels Baus); and Aruna and The Raging Sun in Chennai, India as part of UK/INDIA Year of Culture 2017. He is an international award-winning director of theatre and television. Sharma is a BAFTA nominated director, for his two films which were part of the Criptales season on BBC and BBC AMERICA. He also co-directed the award-winning BBC and NETFLIX television drama Then Barbara Met Alan (Best Single Drama, 2023 Broadcast Awards). He began his training at Graeae Theatre Company with Missing Piece 1. His other theatre credits include One Under (Graeae Theatre Company/Theatre Royal Plymouth), Cosmic Scallies (Graeae Theatre Company/Royal Exchange Theatre), and Iron Man (Graeae Theatre Company/international tour). His other television work includes Hamish, and Thunderbox.