Charles Entsie’s two-hander, the recipient of the Adrian Pagan Award for New Writing, is the King’s Head Theatre’s first production since the pandemic hit. Not that anyone’s counting, but since the pandemic first hit last year, the King’s Head Theatre did not stage a live performance for 436 days.
No Strings Attached brings an end to that bleak tally, although it’s not actually being performed in the main theatre itself – a new pop up space called the Ignition Room, in a disused retail unit in Islington Square, is the venue for the performance.
Audience members should note in advance that it’s a bare basics space, with no bar or toilet facilities – but we are of course able to use those at the King’s Head pub which is but a one-minute