It was during Martha Plimpton’s second stint in the West End, in 2018, when she was starring in Lynette Linton’s production of the incendiary play Sweat, that she decided to live in London. Now, after four years largely spent in the capital, and another play looming here, the US star is to apply for indefinite leave to remain here.
“I love the city, I love the culture. I love Sunday roasts,” she says with a grin. “I love the pubs. I love the history… but also I love the people, I really do.” There’s also, she says, something great about working in the arts here. “It feels like people take the work seriously, so they don’t have to take themselves seriously.”
