{"id":100835,"date":"2023-05-07T01:56:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T01:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/07\/dixon-and-daughters-national-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T01:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T01:56:21","slug":"dixon-and-daughters-national-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/07\/dixon-and-daughters-national-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Dixon and Daughters, National Theatre \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Br\u00edd Brennan, Liz White and extra impress in Deborah Bruce\u2019s hanging new drama Dixon and Daughters on the National Theatre<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI come in peace\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/productions\/dixon-and-daughters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dixon and Daughters<\/a><\/em><\/strong> arrives on the Dorfman in a co-production between the National Theatre and Clean Break and emerges as a fairly surprising factor, a hanging new drama of actual intrigue. Deborah Bruce\u2019s play clocks in at simply 90 minutes and as such, whips up its ambiance of disquiet and dysfunctional with actual tempo and ability. <\/p>\n<p>Br\u00edd Brennan\u2019s Mary has returned dwelling after three months in jail and treading on eggshells, her household has gathered to welcome her again. Daughters Bernie and Julie, the latter having moved in to flee an abusive associate, and granddaughter Ella are met with Mary\u2019s new friend-from-inside Leigh who&#8217;s coming to remain and so they all finally settle all the way down to some type of truce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"53081\" src=\"https:\/\/oughttobeclowns.com\/2023\/04\/review-dixon-and-daughters-national-theatre.html\/brid-brennan-mary-in-dixon-and-daughters-at-the-national-theatre-photo-by-helen-murray_85\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Helen Murray&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;DIXON AND DAUGHTERS by Deborah Bruce ;rProduction ;rCast ; rBrid Brennan as Mary ; rAlison Fitzjohn as Briana ; rYazmin Kayani as Ella ; rAndrea Lowe as Julie ; rPosy Sterling as Leigh ;rDirected by Roisin McBrinn ;rSet and Costume Designer: Kat Heath ;rLighting Designer: Paule Constable ;rSound Designer: Sinead Diskin ;rMovement Director: Sarita Piotrowski ;rFight Director: Bethan Clark ;rDialect Coach: Michaela Kennen ;rStaff Director: Monae Robinson ;rCasting by Alastair Coomer CDGu00a0&amp; Bryony Jarvis-Taylor ;rCompany Voice Work: Shereen Ibrahim ;rWellbeing Practitioner: Samantha Llewellyn ;rAssociate Lighting: Mildred Moyo ;rA co-production with Clean Break and National Theatre ;rLondon, UK ;r15 April 2023 ;rCredit and copyright: Helen Murrayrwww.helenmurrayphotos.com&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1681568385&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright u00a9 Helen Murray 2023&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;DIXON AND DAUGHTERS by Deborah Bruce ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Production ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Cast ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Brid Brennan as Mary ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Alison Fitzjohn as Briana ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Yazmin Kayani as Ella ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Andrea Lowe as Julie ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Posy Sterling as Leigh ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Directed by Roisin McBrinn ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Set and Costume Designer: Kat Heath ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Lighting Designer: Paule Constable ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Sound Designer: Sinead Diskin ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Movement Director: Sarita Piotrowski ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Fight Director: Bethan Clark ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Dialect Coach: Michaela Kennen ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Staff Director: Monae Robinson ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Casting by Alastair Coomer CDG\u00a0&amp;amp; Bryony Jarvis-Taylor ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Company Voice Work: Shereen Ibrahim ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Wellbeing Practitioner: Samantha Llewellyn ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Associate Lighting: Mildred Moyo ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;A co-production with Clean Break and National Theatre ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;London, UK ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;15 April 2023 ;&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Credit and copyright: Helen Murray&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;www.helenmurrayphotos.com&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?fit=880%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=1218%2C812&amp;ssl=1 1218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=880%2C587&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=675%2C450&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brid-Brennan-Mary-in-Dixon-and-Daughters-at-the-National-Theatre.-Photo-by-Helen-Murray_85-scaled.jpg?w=1760 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>But when Mary\u2019s stepdaughter Briana, previously often called Tina, turns up on the door, even that uneasy peace is shattered. For there\u2019s household secrets and techniques aplenty right here, revealed in painstaking element in a measured method, many centring on the deceased patriarch of the household, his legacy looming over the household even from the native cemetery. <\/p>\n<p>R\u00f3is\u00edn McBrinn\u2019s manufacturing is fantastically poised, comfy in withholding info but suggesting the innate unease by the textures of Paule Constable\u2019s lighting and Sin\u00e9ad Diskin\u2019s sound which ship their surprises on Kat Heath\u2019s split-level set. And the powerhouse forged achieve this properly at uncovering the trauma that lies on the coronary heart of a lot of their ache, Liz White and Alison Fitzjohn actually impressing. <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#225471\">Running time: 90 minutes (with out interval)<br \/>Photos: Helen Murray<br \/><em>Dixon and Daughters<\/em> is reserving on the National Theatre till tenth June<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Br\u00edd Brennan, Liz White and extra impress in Deborah Bruce\u2019s hanging new drama Dixon and Daughters on the National Theatre \u201cI come in peace\u201d Dixon and Daughters arrives on the Dorfman in a co-production between the National Theatre and Clean Break and emerges as a fairly surprising factor, a hanging new drama of actual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}