Death of England: Closing Time with Jo Martin and Hayley Squires at the National Theatre – first look at rehearsals

Exclusive: Rehearsal images have been released featuring Jo Martin and Hayley Squires preparing for Roy Williams and Clint Dyer’s new piece, Death of England: Closing Time. 

Continuing their sequence of Death of England plays, the show is set to run in the Dorfman Theatre from 13 September to 11 November. Operating as a standalone play while including characters from previous shows, the piece follows on from hit productions Death of England, Death of England: Delroy and Death of England: Face to Face. 

Martin takes on the role of Denise, while Squires plays her daughter-in-law Carly – with the duo attempting to pick up the pieces following some major family shocks.

Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ are co-set and costume designers, with Jackie Shemesh designing lighting, Benjamin Grant and Pete Malkin co-designing sound, Hazel Holder coaching dialect and Mumba Dodwell as associate director.