★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It?s hard to imagine you?ll come across a more brilliant play this year. Time Out | Andrzej Lukowski ★ ★ ★ ★ Linda Bassett, Kika Markham, June Watson and Deborah Findlay deliver pitch-perfect performances. This is Churchill at her best. The Guardian | Michael Billington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Caryl Churchill is a phenomenon. She remains not only prolific but also immensely inventive. The Arts Desk | Aleks Sierz The Royal Court is making women nouns, not adjectives. Get used to it. Escaped Alone is magnificent. It has all the qualities that mark [Caryl Churchill] as the greatest living playwright- it?s funny, it?s complicated, and it?s sinister. It?s revolutionary. The Huffington Post | Jessie Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ Her funniest play to date. What?s On Stage | Michael Coveney 'Caryl Churchill is the greatest living playwright working in the English language', TIME OUT One of the most original and influential voices in modern theatre' Financial Times 'Caryl Churchill has remade the landscape of contemporary drama' The Guardian 'The David Bowie of contemporary theatre' Daily Telegraph "I'm walking down the street and there's a door in the fence open and inside there are three women I've seen before." Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill returns to the Royal Court with this new play directed by James Macdonald. Design by Miriam Buether, lighting by Peter Mumford and sound by Christopher Shutt. Caryl Churchill's previous work for the Royal Court Theatre includes Ding Dong The Wicked; Love and Information; Seven Jewish Children; Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?; A Number; Far Away; Blue Heart; Serious Money; Top Girls and Cloud Nine. Recent revivals of Churchill's plays include The Skriker (Royal Exchange) and Light Shining In Buckinghamshire plus new play Here We Go (National). James Macdonald's previous work for the Royal Court Theatre includes The Wolf From The Door, Circle Mirror Transformation, Love And Information (and off-Broadway), Cock, Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?, Blasted and the European and US tours of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis . He was Associate Director at the Royal Court 1992-2007. Other recent work includes The Father (Theatre Royal Bath, Tricycle and West End), Exiles (National) and Glengarry Glen Ross (West End).

ESCAPED ALONE Booking Period: 21 January 2016 - 12 March 2016 Running Time: To be confirmed Age guidance: 14+