Promotional image for Girl in the loft

Girl in the loft is a solo show by Kath­er­ine Wyeth. It’s the story of a child­hood grow­ing up at The King’s Head Theatre, Lon­don.

“My life began as a theatre kid grow­ing up at the world-renowned King’s Head Theatre in Lon­don. I was lucky to exper­i­ence a unique child­hood grow­ing up in the theatre… at each get-in watch­ing it trans­formed from the chaos of saw­dust and sequins to the new world of the next show.… climb­ing across the rooftops of Lon­don… tor­rid kisses back­stage… wait­ing tables and sling­ing slops behind the bar.”

This brand new play recounts the story of her child­hood, weav­ing togeth­er the threads of memory, iden­tity and leg­acy to explore myri­ad exper­i­ences, from grow­ing up to migra­tion, moth­er­hood, los­ing loved ones, suc­cess and fail­ure, and ulti­mately – self-accept­ance. It com­bines lyr­ic­al dia­logue, stun­ning sound & AV design, and a beloved song­book of music­al theatre favour­ites.

“This is a deeply per­son­al story for me – but will also (I hope) be a com­pel­ling theatre exper­i­ence filled with stor­ies that will strike a chord with many people. It has taken sev­er­al years of devel­op­ment to bring this story to life. I am grate­ful bey­ond meas­ure to my extraordin­ary cre­at­ive team who have stood by the pro­ject in these most uncer­tain times, lend­ing their mag­ni­fi­cent tal­ents to real­ise my dreams for the show.”

Per­formed by Kath­er­ine Wyeth, dir­ec­ted by Fin­gal Pol­lock with music­al accom­pani­ment by J. R. Bal­lantyne.