Inside rehearsals… The House of Shades

Hear from Anne-Marie Duff, writer Beth Steel and director Blanche McIntyre as we go inside rehearsals for The House of Shades by Beth Steel Directed by Blanche McIntyre Nothing cuts into us like the family knife. The Webster House. 1965. 1979. 1985. 1996. 2019. Death silences no one, least of all the dead. Blanche McIntyre (Hymn) directs the world premiere of Beth Steel’s revelatory new play which spans five decades of the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family. Inside their home, set against the ever-changing industrial landscape of working-class Britain, some chase dreams of a brighter future and others are haunted by the nightmares of the past. BAFTA and Olivier Award-nominated actor Anne-Marie Duff (His Dark Materials, Sex Education) returns to the Almeida to lead the cast as the Webster family matriarch. Beth Steel won Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Both The House of Shades and