Theatrenational-theatre · nt-at-home
Synopsis
In a pub on the Kilburn High Road, Alvita, a Jamaican-born British woman married five times, holds court, telling her outrageous life story to anyone who will listen. She can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life is an epic poem. Zadie Smith's debut play reimagines Chaucer's Wife of Bath into present-day multicultural North London, celebrating the timeless human talent for telling elaborate tales, especially about ourselves.