New Wimbledon Theatre announce two world premiere productions for their Studio’s 30th Anniversary.
As part of their 5th annual Premieres season, New Wimbledon Theatre will premiere two new productions this autumn. Selected by open submission and playing in the venue’s Studio space, The Gardening Club: A New Musical and The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr are both important female narratives and will celebrate the Studio at New Wimbledon Theatre’s 30th anniversary.
The Gardening Club: Thursday 18 Sep - Saturday 27 Sep 2025
A New Musical, a compelling work by Carleigh McRitchie and Bella Wright, produced by Belinda Matthews and Nowhere Girls Theatre, is rapidly gaining momentum. Set in 1960s Georgia, USA, where five women, amidst the era's facade of perfect housewives and manicured lawns, form a secret drug ring. Using their gardening club as a cover, they illegally distribute the birth control pill, confronting the dark sides of womanhood. A fiery journalist, a boisterous nurse, a mysteriously troubled girl next door, and the pastor’s daughters join forces, driven to empower the women of Savannah.
With an explosive soundtrack, The Gardening Club delves into an emotional story of self-discovery, sexual taboos, first times, and the difficult truths women face.
The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr: Thursday 9 Oct - Saturday 18 Oct 2025
Written by Graham Warrener, The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr is the second production by Profugo Arts to be staged as part of New Wimbledon Theatre’s Premieres season. The first being the hugely successful Don't Shoot the Meistersinger in 2022.
The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr delves into the complex life of Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, better known as Hedy Lamarr, lauded as the most beautiful woman on Earth. A European emigré who became a luminary of Hollywood’s Golden Age. However, behind the glamour lay a brilliant mind that conceived a torpedo guidance system, a technology that would later form the basis of Bluetooth technology. However despite her fame, adulation, numerous marriages, and affairs, Hedy Lamarr lived a life of profound loneliness, increasingly withdrawing from friends and family, and ultimately turning to petty shoplifting in a desperate search for fulfilment.
The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr, a two-hander play, tells the poignant story of a woman seemingly beyond the reach of the world, yet yearning for the freedom found in an ordinary life.
New Wimbledon Theatre The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG
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