Pins and Needles 2024

Opened: September 19, 2024
Closing: October 26, 2024

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Kiln Theatre

269 Kilburn High Road London NW6 7JR London

Caution: Contains truth, lies and misinformation. You decide.

Rob is putting science and scepticism to the test in his new play. For

research, he speaks to Mary, a mother trying to make the best

decisions for her family, Toby, an angry son who distrusts

institutions, and Edward Jenner, the father of modern vaccinations.

The more he listens, the more he struggles to keep his own

subjectivity off the table, which begs the question – how do you

know who to trust?

Rob Drummond, whose plays are ‘utterly unpredictable’ (The

Stage), explores the politics around vaccines, and the human stories

behind them.

__Assisted Performances:__

Audio Described: 24 October, 7.30pm

Captioned: 21 October, 7.30pm

Relaxed: 19 October, 2.30pm

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'Pins and Needles' review – Rob Drummond interrogates vaccine conspiracies in this prickly quest for the truth

6 / 10

Drummond does not shy away from these thorny areas and the play is at its strongest when it lets uncomfortable, conflicting opinions hang in the air. But, despite a cracker of a final scene, with so much information stuffed into its structure, the overall impact feels more like an overly tailored education than fluid drama.

Review: PINS AND NEEDLES, Kiln Theatre

7 / 10

Rob Drummond’s new play, Pins and Needles, is a searing indictment of… well, something, I’m just not sure what. And that is, of course, its strength, as it is actually, in heavy disguise, not an indictment of anything, but a celebration of complication. There’s a bit of meta stuff to get through first which, although it has more justification in this script than in most, its irritation still outweighs its cleverness, It’s becoming the theatre gimmick of 2024 taking over from the near ubiquitous onstage handheld camera of 2023.

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Other Productions of Pins and Needles

1937	Broadway	Original Broadway Production Broadway
1978	Off-Broadway	Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway
	West End	West End

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