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TEETH ‘N’ SMILES. The 50th anniversary revival of David Hare’s rebel play starring Self Esteem

TEETH ‘N’ SMILES. The 50th anniversary revival of David Hare’s rebel play starring Self Esteem

TEETH ‘N’ SMILES

Duke of York’s Theatre

Mar – Jun 2026
104 St Martin’s Ln, London WC2N 4BG

 

TEETH ‘N’ SMILES. The 50th anniversary revival of David Hare’s rebel play starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor.

Before the New York Dolls. Before Debbie Harry. Before Kurt Cobain. There was Maggie Frisby. Once the roaring voice of 60s counterculture, now broke and disillusioned, a band’s youthful dreams of anarchic rebellion collapse into bitterness. Amidst the wreckage, lead singer Maggie tears through the night fuelled by booze, fury, and a voice that refuses to die.

50 years after David Hare’s trailblazing play set The Royal Court alight, Teeth ‘N’ Smiles is ready to burn things down all over again. The ship is sinking but the music remains the same .

A play with original music starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem) as Maggie.

DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE | MARCH – JUNE 2026.

Written by David Hare.

Music by Nick Bicât and lyrics by Tony Bicât.

Additional new music and lyrics by Rebecca Lucy Taylor.

Directed by Daniel Raggett.

This production contains scenes of drug use, drug references and smoking on stage