Marlborough Productions presents
No Apologies
By EMMA FRANKLAND
No Apologies is a radical, queer mis-remembering of Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged concert.
After a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2025 (winning the Bragi Award for creativity and artistic excellence and a Besties Award for new writing) this brilliantly witty and emotionally powerful show embarks on a major world tour.
Urgent and politically sharp, No Apologies is a spectacular collision between theatre and grunge, autobiography and alternate history, weaving together threads of pop culture with mythology and ritual, fuelled by the experience of coming-of-age in the nineties.
“This is precisely the kind of fearless, formally inventive, emotionally devastating theatre the medium needs.” The Theatre Times
Written and performed by Emma Frankland, multi award-winning writer for theatre and TV. With spectacular direction from Harry Clayton Wright, featuring original music and an anarchic sound score by punk composer Keir Cooper, produced by Marlborough Productions - nationally and internationally recognised producers of queer-led, intersectional performance.
“Emma Frankland creates a ritualised spectacle, a vigil full of grief, joy and wild abandon. And hope. This ruddy gorgeous show is a call to live your life on your own terms and to the very full, and whether you are trans or not, that’s a lifesaver in every way.” Lyn Gardner, The Stage
Creative Team
Written and Performed by Emma Frankland
Director – Harry Clayton-Wright
Sound Designer & Original Music Composition – Keir Cooper
Lighting Designer – Simon Booth
Dramaturgy - David Sheppeard
Captions - Subira Joy
Costume and Curtain Design & Construction – Philip J Shaw
Set Dressing – Tamara D’Silva
Photographer (lead images) – Matt Crockett
Audio Description – Laura Edmans
Flyer & Logo Design – Charlie Wood
Produced by Marlborough Productions and Emma Frankland
No Apologies is commissioned by Marlborough Productions. Supported by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, The Old Electric, Northumbria University and Arts Council England.
No Apologies at Live Theatre is supported by Curious Arts.
