Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) to star in West End revival of David Hare’s TEETH 'N' SMILES
Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin productions will present the 50th Anniversary West End revival of David Hare’s rebel play TEETH 'N' SMILES, starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, in her West End play debut.
Directed by Daniel Raggett, TEETH 'N' SMILES will play at the Duke of York’s Theatre for 12 weeks only from March 2026, with further casting, creative team and full dates to be announced soon.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor said: “I’m deeply honoured to be bringing Teeth ‘n’ Smiles back for its 50th anniversary. I love to challenge myself in new forms and I can’t wait to slap you round the face with Maggie. I am a huge fan of Daniel and David’s work, and the chance to collaborate with them on such a landmark production is something I am insanely excited about.”
Daniel Raggett said: “I first read David’s play over a decade ago and it seared itself into my brain. I’ve wanted to direct it ever since and - thanks to vision of Wessex Grove - I feel so lucky to be working on this revival alongside David, Nick, Tony and the incomparable Rebecca Lucy Taylor, who brings the whole thing alive as Maggie. Like me, she responded to this fifty-year-old play as if it were written yesterday and there couldn’t be a better time for it to come roaring back into the West End. An extraordinary picture of a world, and a band, tearing itself apart at the seams - shot through with some really great songs - its spirit of rock n roll revolution/desperate howl of defiance feels just as pertinent now as it did in 1975.”
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.
TEETH 'N' SMILES has music by Nick Bicât and lyrics by Tony Bicât, with new additional music and lyrics by Rebecca Lucy Taylor.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, returns to the stage following her hugely successful run playing Sally Bowles in the multiple Olivier Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in London's West End, where her time on stage was extended due to popular demand.
Tickets for TEETH ‘N’ SMILES will go on sale in October, with further info here.
