Reboot Festival 2022
18Â - 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.
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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.
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There's truly something for everyone in these funny and heartbreaking gems of new writing.
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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
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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
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Dodi and Ava are looking at their broken love story wondering where it all went wrong.
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DOA
Writer: Rich Yu
Director: Jimmy Walters
Cast: Alex Smith (Rich)
Sound Design: Jamie Lu
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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.
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Feathers
Writer: Scott Younger
Director: Jagoda Kamov
Cast: Magdalena Ivanova (Amber) , Michael Molino (Robin)
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Young Amber is a wanderer. Robin is a reclusive believer. They do not trust each other. They are in danger.
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Finding a Voice
Writer: Samantha Priestley
Director: Anastazie Toros
Cast: Iskra Everhys (Cat's Voice), Marianne Kelly (Cat), Matthew John Wright (Alan)
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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)
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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)
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It's not a ghost town if it's still got one person in it. And she's hanging on!
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My Beautiful Distraction
Writer: Jonny Brace
Director: Amalia Kontesi
Cast: Hannah Dormor (Clara) , Olive McHugh (Paige), Simon D'Aquino (Gabe)
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Clara and Paige have been in love for a long time. Clara's husband is not comfortable with this.
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Moon Child
Writer: Nina Tolstoy
Director: Sharon Willems
Cast: Karen Bartholomew (Mother), Martha Crow (Charlie), Romulus Hotea (Roman/Beekeper/Doctor)
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A mom's love is always there, even when you don't see it. Even when mom is no longer with you.
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The Soprano
Writer: Amalia Kontesi
Director: Sam Tannenbaum
Cast: Veronica Sarno (Mary), Mark Keegan (Joseph Radinsky)
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When reexamined years later, famous conductor Joe Radinsky's actions are not as innocent as they seemed.
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Winter Tales
Writer: Alina Rios
Director: Emma Copland
Cast: Emma Humpston (Eva), Daniel Lipton (Mark)
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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
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It's hard to get in a party mood after suffering a loss. But meeting the right person can be the start of recovery.
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Antigone
Writer: Marie Mayingi
Director: Zara Ramtohul-Akbur
Cast: Lara Grace Ilori, Yolanda Ovide, Mutulu Woolley
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Family trauma and the fight for what's right are as relevant today as they were 25 centuries ago.
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The Watchers
Writer: Jayne Woodhouse
Director: Sharon Willems
Cast: Sojourner Hazelwood-Connell, Ceri Gifford, Martha Crow
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An oppressive government can be suffocating when it's got the means to control the population. But there's always the unseen.
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Complete Sex
Writer: Mónica MaffÃa
Director: Sharon Willems
Translator: Sophie Stevens
Cast: Daniel Keogh/Lisa Maeda
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A joyful ode for everyone who doesn't fit in the tickboxes of border police forms.
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Stan
Writer: Kate Webster
Director: Leo Bacica
Cast: Samira Teymouri, Leyon Hunter-Stolz
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When does a dedicated fan become a stalker?
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Grace finds Kel
Writer: Rex McGregor
Director: David Frias Robles
Cast: Lizzie Coles, Pete Picton
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Homelessness can be a form of protest.
