From the spark of new love, Ava and Theo’s relationship is coloured by the diagnosis and loss of Ava’s father, causing her world to come tumbling down.
I Love You, Now What? is a brilliantly funny, heart-warming and raw debut play by actor and comedian Sophie Craig, about grief and love’s place within it. Directed by Olivier-nominated Toby Clarke (Warheads, Park Theatre & triple Offie-nominated Wasted, Catford Broadway), the play explores all that is beautiful, ugly and everything in between, finding humour even in the darkest of places.
Proudly working with and supporting Cruse.
In the press
★★★★★ ‘Moving, deeply touching story… elevated here by the magnetism of its three performers’
All That Dazzles
★★★★★ ‘Craig has done the extraordinary… a moving and beautiful play that will induce laughter and tears alike’
Adventures In Theatreland
★★★★★ ‘Faultless… an unquestionable triumph of storytelling ’
Longstaff Reviews
★★★★ ‘If you get the chance to go and see it, you simply must’
Green Room Reviews
★★★★ ‘Haunting… bittersweet… an aching filial attendance on the embers of a valued life – two different but vital kinds of love’
The Telegraph
★★★★ ‘A must-see production this summer’
West End Best Friend
★★★★ ‘Sharply drawn, authentic – and funny… a rollercoaster of emotion that is well worth your time’
A Young(ish) Perspective
★★★★ ‘A pleasure to behold and a tearjerker to boot, I Love You, Now What? is a question well worth the exploration.’
North West End
★★★★ ‘a meticulously written story… beautifully grounded characters’
North West End
★★★★★ ‘Flawless… A powerful and devastating performance’
Theatre and Art Reviews
★★★★★ ‘Gargantuan belly laugh out loud moments… Electric and hilarious… shook me to my core’
The Fringe Review
What audiences think
Rehearsal trailer
Cast
AVA | SOPHIE CRAIG
DAD/JOHN | IAN PULESTON-DAVIES
THEO | ANDY UMERAH
Download the cast and creative team biographies here.
Creative Team
WRITER | SOPHIE CRAIG
DIRECTOR | TOBY CLARKE
PRODUCER | COURTENAY JOHNSON
LIGHTING DESIGNER | PABLO FERNANDEZ BAZ
COMPOSER | JACK EDMONDS
SET & COSTUME CONSULTANT DESIGNER | BETHAN WALL
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | SEAN HOLLANDS
DRAMATURG | TOBY CLARKE
STAGE MANAGER & SOUND DESIGNER | TJ RODERICK
ORIGINAL SET BUILD | SAM STEWART
ORIGINAL CASTING DIRECTOR | CERI BEDINGFIELD
PRODUCTION MANAGER | ADAM JEFFERYS
Download the cast and creative team biographies here.
Freesheet
Artwork by Eriin Browne.
Carbon Theatre and Now What Productions in association with Park Theatre present
I Love You, Now What?
By Sophie Craig, Directed by Toby Clarke