SNOWFLAKE
10 Dec 2019 – 25 Jan 2020
‘Because Christmas. Well… That’s when they say people come home.’
Andy’s 43. He loves nostalgic TV and pints down the pub. His daughter Maya is 21. She left home three years ago and hasn’t spoken to him since. This Christmas, Andy knows she’s coming back – Maya knows she’s not.
Snowflake is an epic story about generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we’re living in the best or worst of times…
The critically-acclaimed festive hit by Olivier Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Mike Bartlett (King Charles III, Doctor Foster), directed by Olivier Award-winner Clare Lizzimore (Bull), makes its London debut at Kiln Theatre.
★★★★★
‘Warm and funny.’
The Times
★★★★
‘After three years of bruising politics, it seems almost super-human that playwright Mike Bartlett can write a play of such heart about what the whole mess has done to us.’
Evening Standard
★★★★
‘The play is a legit wonder; and its debates will rumble on’
The Telegraph
★★★★
‘A clear-eyed response to the prevailing mood of the country’
Daily Express
★★★★
‘Captures so much of what the country is feeling right now and, distils it to its purest form’
Theatre Weekly
★★★★★
‘Simultaneously festive, caustic, refreshingly woke, authentically heartwarming and tremendous fun’
WhatsOnStage
★★★★
‘A provocative and tender vision of divided Britain that suggests there is no way forward if we don’t try to understand each other’
Time Out
★★★★
‘A masterfully written generational clash lies at the heart of this timely story rich in insight, poignancy and optimism’
The Guardian
★★★★
‘Mike Bartlett’s play crackles with timely, utterly believable dialogue’
The Stage
creative team
Jeremy Herbert
Designer
Jessica Hung Han Yun
Lighting Designer
Elena Peña
Sound Designer
Amy Ball
Additional Casting
Kaleya Baxe
Assistant Director
Stage Management Team
Laura Flowers
Company Stage Manager
Lorna Earl
Deputy Stage Manager
Louise Quartermain
Assistant Stage Manager
Originally produced at the Old Fire Station, Oxford.