Rosie Holt’s ‘Churchill’s Urinal’ Opens at King’s Head
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- Churchill’s Urinal plays at King’s Head theatre in London through 6 June.
- Rosie Holt wrote and stars in the play, delivering a frenzied satire of a female chancellor confronting a Churchill‑era urinal.
- Michael Lambourne provides the taunting voice of “WC”, the Churchillian persona embodied by the urinal.
- Stewart Lee contributed additional material to the script, which also highlights online abuse as an occupational hazard for female politicians.
- Daniel Clarkson produced the show, which features name‑checks of politicians such as Michael Gove, Michael Fabricant, Isabel Oakeshott and John Nettles.
Why it matters: The production spotlights the gendered symbolism of Churchill’s legacy, giving female politicians a platform to critique online abuse and patriarchal relics, while audiences confront the absurdity of historic myth‑making.
