{"id":44941,"date":"2025-04-23T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44941\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:06:12","slug":"world-premiere-of-the-watch-to-play-new-london-fringe-venue-the-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44941\/","title":{"rendered":"World premiere of The Watch to play new London fringe venue The Glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New purpose-built theatre, caf\u00e9 and creative space <strong>The Glitch<\/strong> has opened in London\u2019s Waterloo.<\/p>\n<p>The new venue is run by VAULT Creative Arts, the team behind the former London fringe VAULT Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Their first full-length show will be the world premiere of <strong>The Watch<\/strong>, written by <strong>Isabella Waldron<\/strong>, a Papatango Prize semi-finalist.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Merle Wheldon<\/strong> (John Fernald Award\u00a0winner), The Watch is playing at The Glitch from 28 May to 9 June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The drama stars <strong>Ciana Howlin<\/strong> (Fair City, RT\u00c9; Dance with Death, BBC; Strike!, Southwark Playhouse) as Hannah, and <strong>Kate Crisp<\/strong> (The Winter\u2019s Tale, The Globe; The Sob Centre, The Pleasance; How To Kill Foxes, Drayton Arms) as Zoe.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Merle Wheldon in the creative team are set design by Isabella Sarmiento Abadia, lighting design by Jack Hathaway and sound design by Yanni Ng.<\/p>\n<p>The Watch fuses a tender romantic comedy with dreamlike storytelling, exploring the delicate dance between time, intimacy, and identity.<\/p>\n<p>In the play, when insomniac Hannah meets clockmaker Zoe, days blur into nights, reality gives way to desire, and love becomes both fleeting and infinite, unravelling a profound exploration of trust, timing, and the art of letting someone in.<\/p>\n<p>The Watch is produced by Chris Edge, and is running at The Glitch in London from 28 May to 9 June 2025.<\/p>\n<p> The Watch News <b>Sign-up for news and booking alerts about The Watch and other shows:<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7\u00a0Main photo: The Watch &#8211; at The Glitch London<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westendtheatre.com\/category\/news\/\" title=\"London Theatre News - West End Shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related News<\/p>\n<p>More &gt;<\/p>\n<p><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westendtheatre.com\/category\/news\/\" title=\"London Theatre News - West End Shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News<\/p>\n<p>More &gt;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New purpose-built theatre, caf\u00e9 and creative space The Glitch has opened in London\u2019s Waterloo. The new venue is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,24790,393,4884,24791,24792,257,24793,24794,24795,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-44941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-ciana-howlin","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-isabella-waldron","13":"tag-kate-crisp","14":"tag-london","15":"tag-merle-wheldon","16":"tag-the-glitch","17":"tag-the-watch","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114389554762023949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}