lately (2025)

lion & unicorn theatre

WRITTEN BY james lewis
directed by david brady

“The Monster Always Wins, Right?”

Cal & Alf. Callum & Alison. They were supposed to be part of each other’s lives forever, if only the universe had let things happen the way they should. But whoever they were before, they’re different people now, and the problem with living here is that is always pulls you back again, no matter how hard you try to get away. 

And the universe that sent them spinning into free-fall throws them together again when the girl who ran away comes back to find out what happened to the boy who didn’t want to leave. And the question that the universe needs to answer most of all now is - Whatever happens to those bits of us we leave behind and thought we’d lost forever? 

Proforca Theatre Company presents “Lately” by James Lewis, directed by David Brady, which makes its debut at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in September 2021, an intimate, emotional story about the places we can never escape from, the dreams we never realise and the people that bring us back down to earth again.  

Proforca Theatre Company is the managing company in residence at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town. Lately is a brand new piece of work for the company, following the critically acclaimed "Feel" (2018-19 Lion & Unicorn Theatre & Tour) and the award nominated "At Last" (2019) and "AAAAA [FiveA] (2020) - (Lion & Unicorn & Albany Theatre Coventry). 

CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains very strong language, adult themes and discussions of suicide. 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

  • OFF WEST END NOMINATION “BEST NEW PLAY” - OFFWESTEND.COM - 2021

  • STANDING OVATION NOMINATION “BEST ACTOR” - FRED WARDALE

CAST & CREATIVES

CAST:

CALLUM: Michael Hawkey
ALF: Kitty Evans

PRODUCTION TEAM:

WRITTEN BY: JAMES LEWIS
DIRECTED BY: DAVID BRADY
INTIMACY COORDINATOR: STELLA MOSS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DAVID BRADY
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: TBC
MARKETING DESIGN: THE HAUS OF LEWIS
PUBLIC RELATIONS: TBC
ADDITIONAL MARKETING: MY THEATRE MATES
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY: TBC
PRODUCTION MASCOT: EDDIE THE DOG

THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK:

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PRAISE FOR LATELY (2021)

  • ★★★★★ - “The play has more than earned it’s Offie Nomination”

    BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL

  • ★★★★ “It’s a tough show full of tough themes, but it has a heart as big as the moon over Thailand”

    VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEAT

  • ★★★★ “Lately is beautiful moving storytelling. It’s real life. It’s excellent theatre”

    LONDON THEATRE REVIEWS

  • ★★★★ “The beautiful lyrical script was a pleasure to hear. The work is cleverly circular with a lot of ground covered in between”

    LONDON PUB THEATRES

  • ★★★★ “A beautiful and personal drama, Lately’s themes of wanting to escape both physically and mentally from your life are relatable of so many levels”

    EVERYTHING THEATRE

  • ★★★★ “This is such an exquisite and sensitively written play I would happily have spent another evening in its company

    VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE

  • ★★★★ “When given such extremely fine treatment as it is here, this thoughtful and moving play certainly demands to be seen.”

    LONDON LIVING LARGE

  • “Writing, direction & performances of the highest quality, with a story thats infinitely relatable.”

    THEATRE THINGS

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