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Set in Tudor England, against the backdrop of Anne Boleyn’s arrest, 1536 has become the runaway, must-see show of the year. Since its award-winning, sold-out run at the Almeida in 2025, the play – penned by breakout playwright and screenwriter Ava Pickett and directed by Lyndsey Turner – has picked up a new producer in Margot Robbie, been transferred to the West End, and will soon be adapted for the BBC. Ahead of its opening at the Ambassadors Theatre, where it runs until 1 August, Margot, now producing the play with her company LuckyChap, called Ava to discover just how – and why – a play about Anne Boleyn has become one of the biggest critical smash hits of recent times.
Read the full interview here.
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