Reboot Festival 2022
18 - 29 October 2022
29 November - 3 December 7.30 pm
The Reboot Festival returns to Barons Court for three weeks this October to showcase some of the most exciting emerging writers from around the world.
Each week features a different line up of new writing gems. Book for an individual night or get a pass for the festival and don't miss a single thing.
There's truly something for everyone in these funny and heartbreaking gems of new writing.
Performance Dates:
Week 1 performances: 18 - 25 October
Week 2 performances: 25 - 29 October
Week 3 performances: 29 November - 3 December
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Week 1 (18-22 Oct)
Growing Into My Skin
Written and performed by: Ioana Goga
Directed by: Leo Bacica
Join Ioana on a journey through the highs and lows of being a woman, being in love, struggling with mental health, and just being alive in general.
Asides
Written and Directed by: Jake Hart
Cast: Abbie Blackburn (Dodi), Nicole Haddon (Ava)
Sound design: Jaymie Stewart
Dodi and Ava are looking at their broken love story wondering where it all went wrong.
DOA
Writer: Rich Yu
Director: Jimmy Walters
Cast: Alex Smith (Rich)
Sound Design: Jamie Lu
Rich does not have a driving license. Yet he is driving this nice car down the highway. Fast. His doctor is in the car. Not willingly.
Feathers
Writer: Scott Younger
Director: Jagoda Kamov
Cast: Magdalena Ivanova (Amber) , Michael Molino (Robin)
Young Amber is a wanderer. Robin is a reclusive believer. They do not trust each other. They are in danger.
Finding a Voice
Writer: Samantha Priestley
Director: Anastazie Toros
Cast: Iskra Everhys (Cat's Voice), Marianne Kelly (Cat), Matthew John Wright (Alan)
If you keep being quiet, your voice will finally disappear. But how does one go about finding their voice again?
Week 2 (24-29 Oct)
The Son of Man
Writer: Sebastiao Marques Lopes
Director: Beth Graham
Cast: Emily Millwood (Patrick), Matthew John Wright (Matthew)
If one evening a sharp-dressed stranger offered you a gift too good to be true, would you take it?
Possum Trot
Writer: Kathy Rucker
Director: Locke Earle
Cast: Gerrie Skeens (Maxine)
It's not a ghost town if it's still got one person in it. And she's hanging on!
My Beautiful Distraction
Writer: Jonny Brace
Director: Amalia Kontesi
Cast: Hannah Dormor (Clara) , Olive McHugh (Paige), Simon D'Aquino (Gabe)
Clara and Paige have been in love for a long time. Clara's husband is not comfortable with this.
Moon Child
Writer: Nina Tolstoy
Director: Sharon Willems
Cast: Karen Bartholomew (Mother), Martha Crow (Charlie), Romulus Hotea (Roman/Beekeper/Doctor)
A mom's love is always there, even when you don't see it. Even when mom is no longer with you.
The Soprano
Writer: Amalia Kontesi
Director: Sam Tannenbaum
Cast: Veronica Sarno (Mary), Mark Keegan (Joseph Radinsky)
When reexamined years later, famous conductor Joe Radinsky's actions are not as innocent as they seemed.
Winter Tales
Writer: Alina Rios
Director: Emma Copland
Cast: Emma Humpston (Eva), Daniel Lipton (Mark)
Childhood memories, the cold present, and the future melt into each other in the dreamscape of this elegiac play.
Week 3 (29 Nov - 3 Dec)
Touch
Writer: Sally Sheringham
Director: Afton Aitkenhead
Cast: Amali Jazeel, Ryan Radley
It's hard to get in a party mood after suffering a loss. But meeting the right person can be the start of recovery.
Antigone
Writer: Marie Mayingi
Director: Zara Ramtohul-Akbur
Cast: Lara Grace Ilori, Yolanda Ovide, Mutulu Woolley
Family trauma and the fight for what's right are as relevant today as they were 25 centuries ago.
The Watchers
Writer: Jayne Woodhouse
Director: Sharon Willems
Cast: Sojourner Hazelwood-Connell, Ceri Gifford, Martha Crow
An oppressive government can be suffocating when it's got the means to control the population. But there's always the unseen.
Complete Sex
Writer: Mónica Maffía
Director: Sharon Willems
Translator: Sophie Stevens
Cast: Daniel Keogh/Lisa Maeda
A joyful ode for everyone who doesn't fit in the tickboxes of border police forms.
Stan
Writer: Kate Webster
Director: Leo Bacica
Cast: Samira Teymouri, Leyon Hunter-Stolz
When does a dedicated fan become a stalker?
Grace finds Kel
Writer: Rex McGregor
Director: David Frias Robles
Cast: Lizzie Coles, Pete Picton
Homelessness can be a form of protest.
