Agnes Perry-Robinson

Like Holding WaterIn Your Hand

28 April–2 May 2026

Drayton Arms Chelsea

Theatre Weekly

As wildfires burn outside their block of flats, Maud and Alex live in a state of constant vigilance. Inside, they are at the mercy of Lot, their embittered and intrusive landlord, who thrives on surveillance and control. What begins as casual interference slowly escalates into something far more insidious, as he tightens his grip and gains dangerous leverage over the pair. A modern Orpheus and Eurydice, Maud and Alex must confront a question as old as time: whether it is possible to move forward when one of them keeps looking back.

Like Holding Water in Your Hand explores love in the time of crisis and asks who has control and who abuses it. In a world where power breeds paralysis, what is the cost of survival when it forces you to look forward?

Poster for Like Holding Water in Your Hand. It reads Table 61 Productions presents, by Agnes Perry-Robinson, Drayton Arms, 28 April–2 May, 7.30pm.
  • A woman in a pale slip stands inside a white window frame. Another person in dark clothes sits on the floor against the wall.
  • A woman in a pale dress sits on a wooden floor with her head in her hands. A person in black sits behind her.
  • A woman in a pale dress lies on the floor beside a person dressed in black, in front of a bright window.
  • A woman in a pale dress stands with one hand raised. A person in black leans against the wall behind her.

Credits

Table 61 Productions presents

By Agnes Perry-Robinson

Music by Stephen Kilduff

7.30pm. £15 / £12 concession. 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0LJ.

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