15 SEP - 3 OCT
7:30PM (TUES - SAT) 4PM (SUN)
TIER 1 - £25 Standard / £23 Concession
TIER 2 - £20 Standard / £18 Concession
Betty and John have spent a lifetime making art, telling stories and making each other laugh. On Betty’s 86th birthday, an old promise comes due.
Betty and John have been married for a lifetime. They know how to make each other laugh and how to irritate each other. Almost everything there is to know about one another.
Betty is an artist. John is a writer. On her 86th birthday, he’s been digging up the last of the carrots to make her birthday cake. She’s wondering why there’s only one candle on it.
Between cake, memories, arguments and laughter, they circle around the thing neither quite knows how to say. Decades ago, they made a pact: when their creative lives were over, they would choose their own ending.
Now they have to decide whether the promise they made when they were young still belongs to the people they have become.
Funny, tender and intimate, 'and I looked at the sky' is a new play about a long marriage, creativity, ageing and what it means to choose how we live. And how we leave.
15 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER 2026
£10 Previews: 15 & 16 September
ALL SEATING IS UNALLOCATED, WITH TIER 1 COVERING THE FRONT THREE ROWS
PRESENTED BY 20 SOUTH STREET IN ASSOCIATION WITH GREY SWAN
Written by Tim Stubbs Hughes
Directed by Julia Stubbs
With Mary Tillett and John Rayment
Lighting Design by Jonathan Samuels
Sound Design by James Connor
On 'Saving Myself' by Tim Stubbs Hughes:
Camden Fringe - Pick of the Fringe in August 2026
"Wrenching new play"
Camden New Journal
Brighton Fringe - Best Shows to see this May 2026
'the kind of bold, unsettling new writing Brighton Fringe exists to champion'
Brighton Journal
On Julia Stubbs:
★ ★★★
"Set in a boxing ring, this powerful two-hander follows Welsh teens as they navigate identity, family, and growing up, creating a vivid, emotional world that’s both intimate and deeply affecting... "”
Everything Theatre on 'Still Here'
On Mary Tillett:
“…the laurels go to Mary Tillett… manages a very difficult, very well-characterised role as a woman reliving childhood trauma, and she nailed it”
London Pub Theatres on 'You Butterfly'
On John Rayment:
★★★★
“A moving exploration of the distress and disorientation of memory loss… Rayment admirably portrays the protagonist with great skill and sensitivity”
The Upcoming on 'Timeless'
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90 mins (No Interval)
Age Recommendation
16+
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Content Warnings
Contains discussions of death, dying and a suicide pact between two older people, alongside themes of ageing, illness and infidelity. There is strong emotional content throughout.
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Duration
90 mins (No Interval)
Age Recommendation
16+
Concessions
Concessions apply to students, under-18s, over-60s and more. For more info on our concession policy click here→
Accessibility
All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.
Ticket Collection
We operate a paperless box office system. You will be emailed an e-ticket once you have booked in advance. There is no need to print this off, just show your ticket to our usher for scanning.
Café Bar
Serving a menu of hot drinks, craft beers, wine and seasonal cocktails before and after every show, open 7 days a week from 9am
Content Warnings
Contains discussions of death, dying and a suicide pact between two older people, alongside themes of ageing, illness and infidelity. There is strong emotional content throughout.