Retrospective
by T J Elliott
14 - 23 May 2026, 7.30 pm
Renowned artist Rory McGrory wakes up trapped in a mysterious art gallery surrounded by empty
canvas’s. No art. No answers. And no way out—until he’s greeted by his ex-wife Pippa, who also
happens to be dead.
She’s determined to convince him that he is, too—and that the artless frames are, in fact, his life’s retrospective. But why can’t he see his own work? As Rory ricochets between denial and acceptance, he’s forced to confront his unresolved past and the emotional toll of a life half-seen. Is this strange afterlife gallery a purgatory—or his final chance to see his life clearly?
“Retrospective” at the Barons Court Theatre marks the UK premiere of the play following its world
premiere at the 2025 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival in New York.
“Retrospective” is produced by a unique collaboration with US theatre company Knowledge
Workings Theatre and Australian theatre company Mon Sans Productions
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Knowledge Workings Theatre Company is a family-run, independent production company dedicated to creating provocative, thoughtful new works that question how we learn, grow, and remember.
With a commitment to intimate storytelling and collaborative development, the company
champions work that challenges assumptions and ignites conversation.
Mon Sans Productions is run by its artistic director Liviu Monsted. Mon Sans is dedicated to producing original works with compelling themes and unique narratives. The company is an incubator for creatives looking to make their first or returning steps to theatre.
Creative team
Writer
T.J Elliott
A produced playwright in the 1980s (Lazy Eye, Captive Audience), T.J. spent the next three decades away from theater focusing on his children having food and clothes - well, most of the time - before
returning to Off-Broadway as co-writer with Joe Queenan of the SRO hit play Alms at TheaterLab. In those lost years, he produced, directed, and performed among casts of thousands in a mélange of corporate telenovelas and tragic, comic, melodramatic, and absurd organizational performance art. Since his playwriting re-emergence, T.J. and Queenan have penned three other problem comedies produced by Knowledge Workings Theater: Grudges (Zoom 2020), Genealogy (Broom Street Theater, Madison Wisconsin 2021), and
The Oracle (Theater For The New City). T.J’s recent solo works include the mostly fake Swedish screwball comedy Keeping Right ( Zoom 2020), The Jester’s Wife (The Chain Theatre 2023) HONOR (Gene Frankel Theatre 2024), and Retrospective (Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025). This production of Retrospective at the Barons Court marks the premiere of TJ’s work in the UK.
Producer
Marjorie Phillips Elliott
Marjorie’s work as Executive Producer & Co-Founder of Knowledge Workings Theater arises from deep roots in the arts. Having studied theater at Skidmore College and photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Marjorie brings to her role at Knowledge Workings a wide array of talents and experiences including her work in the film industry for New Line Cinema in the 1980s.
Her support of our productions ranges from strategy to prop design to photo retouching to publicity consultation and beyond. Marjorie is also a member and former Chair of the Board of Chamiza
Foundation, a non-profit helping to ensure the continuity & living preservation of Pueblo Indian culture and traditions, and on the Members Committee of the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
Director
Liviu Monsted
Liviu Monsted is the artistic director of “Mon Sans Productions”
Liviu has directed hit shows for Mon Sans Productions, including, “Not a Word", "Hiding Jekyll", “In Waiting” and “STREET”. In 2023 he produced and directed the sold out premiere season of “The Various Methods of Escape” in Sydney and then remounted the show in London at the
Bread & Roses Theatre. In 2025 he produced STREET in London at the Barons Court Theatre as a charity performance for "The Barons Court Project".
As of 2020, Liviu has written and directed the true crime immersive theatre show “Deadhouse: Tales Of Sydney Morgue”, works he has created for “Deadhouse” include “The Razor Gang Wars”, “Simmonds and Newcombe: The Deadly Run" and Juanita Nielson: The Final Days. Most recently he directed "The Shark Arm Case" at the Justice and Police Museum as part of a recent collaboration
between "Museums of History NSW" and "Deadhouse Productions"
In June 2024 Liviu was commissioned by the NSW Parliament to write and direct an immersive short play based on the first year of the Legislative Council which was performed on August 25th for the
bicentennial celebration