Hole

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19 December 2018 · Follow on Stagedoor

“There were times when it made me lean further back in my seat as if the Furies had just manifested in front of me. But most of the time it made me want to lean forward to drink in the snarky wit, the unapologetic bodies and the glitter and song that chart the accumulated pain and humiliations of 2,000 years of history and myth and male dominated storytelling.”

Overview

“We’re harpies.
We’re a three headed bitch.
We’ve been guarding the gates.
Now we’re throwing them open.”

A hole in the ground. Three women are forcing their way out.
They’re singing. They’re moving. They’re taking up space. And they refuse to apologise.

“This is a take over. We’re taking over.
You came here to look.
We’re giving you something to watch.”

Critic reviews

Ellie Kendrick livens up her inventive debut with astrophysics and ancient Greek myth – but it could use more concrete argument

⋅ The Guardian

Ellie Kendrick’s flawed but ferocious debut play reverberates with feminist rage

⋅ The Stage

Quite the spectacle

⋅ WhatsOnStage

It has a raw energy and coherence that makes it more than just an angry slap in the face of complacency

⋅ The Arts Desk

Self-righteous anger with diminishing returns

⋅ The Telegraph

Ellie Kendrick’s fiery feminist cabaret feels slightly overshadowed by its directors, RashDash

⋅ Time Out

Ardent, radical theatre that will leave you thinking long after you leave your velvet seat

⋅ Everything Theatre

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Date & time

Show ended

Wed 28 Nov - Sat 12 Jan, 3pm & 7.45pm

Venue

Royal Court

Sloane Square SW1W 8AS London, UK · Get Directions

Presented by

RashDash

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user reviews

3.5 out of 5 stars

Using word, music and movement in equal parts, Ellie Kendrick’s debut play asks how power is created and is directed by Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland (from the award-winning company RASHDASH).