Southwark Playhouse, London
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Written by Isabel Renner
Directed by Cameron King
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| Isabel Renner |
In a non-stop 70 minute whirlwind of a solo performance, Isabel Renner brings the New York angst of a single, virginal woman to the Little Space at London’s Southwark Playhouse.
Whether the play is an accurate depiction of the female psyche is not for me to say. As Renner explores her character’s frenetic anxieties, skipping backwards and forwards across the fourth wall as she does so, it is not easy to determine if her script is a brilliant study on the vulnerabilities of post-modern femininity, or more simply a sensationally sexualised and frequently tawdry self-indulgence.
Renner’s acting is top-notch. It’s hard to say the same about her writing.
Runs until 15th November
Photo credit: Charlie Lyne
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