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After seeing The Smile of Her, I left the theatre convinced that Christine Lahti had created something far greater than a memoir brought to the stage. Through touching stories of her mother, her childhood, and her own journey through womanhood, she invites the audience into an intimate reflection on memory, judgement, forgiveness and the invisible burdens we all carry.

Photo by Mark Senior The Smile of Her is an autobiographical one-woman play written and performed by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress Christine Lahti, marking her London stage debut. Through a series of deeply personal memories, Lahti retraces the childhood that shaped her relationship with her mother, gradually dismantling the idealised image children often hold of their parents to reveal a far more complex and human portrait. Blending humour with grief,

As one walks into the Marylebone Theatre, a cosy and intimate theatrical space tucked away just off Baker Street, the eye is immediately drawn to a cluttered attic. Old wardrobes and drawers stacked high, a worn armchair, and a golden harp nestled in the corner, all of it either covered in white cloth or coated in a thin layer of dust. On this cramped, airless stage, time feels suspended, and the past presses in with a suffocating force. Amongst the remnants of bygone days, o