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Becoming Lola Enitan | Tara Tijani | Spotlight | Tara Tijani shows real versatility
and depth in the piece showing two sides and two possible futures, or parallel
worlds, of a woman who has been victim to abuse.

BLOB | Dolly Webb | Spotlight | Effortlessly reflects the pressures put on single
women both by themselves and from society, showing the ups and downs of
loneliness in a beautiful production.

Blue | Millie Smith | Spotlight | What is normal? Alice Simpson (played with
perfect nuances by Millie Smith) makes us question this as she sits in a waiting
room weighing up whether or not to have an abortion.

Bring Me the Head of Alfio Marullo | Noah Marullo | Spotlight | A theatrical
performance from Noah Marullo of an imagined conversation between Steinbeck
and his friend. With a bit of lengthening and workshopping I could see this being a
hit at the Fringe!

Bute Street | Hassan Najib | Spotlight | WOW! A moving portrayal of Mahmoud
Mattan, the last innocent man executed in Wales, exquisitely performed by Hassan
Najib.

Can we dance now? | Genevieve Lewis | Spotlight | An apt piece for the pandemic,
where cases of domestic abuse have risen dramatically, Genevieve Lewis delicately
explores the aftermath.

Fever | Nia Towle | Spotlight | Ever tried to win a dance competition when your
period has come to life and your archnemesis’ mum is on the judging panel? No?!
Well then, watch the hilarity ensue.

half-self. | Zachary Nachbar-Seckel | Spotlight | Opening with a beautifully
written and performed folk song we see an affray between two brothers in a
therapists office… or are they?

High Road | Felix Newman | Spotlight | Watch the meteoric rise and catastrophic
fall of a Tour De France Champion Cyclist performed with easy naturalism by Felix
Newman.

Hoxton Hall | Aoife Gaston | Spotlight | An important piece of theatre during the
#BLM campaigns, set in the 1970s and shrewdly showing us how in some ways
we’ve come do far, yet in others, we’ve still got so far to go.

little finger | Hope Kenna | Spotlight | The portrayal of an acrophobic mother
struggling with post-natal depression, living in a shed and trying to overcome issues
from her past. Very moving.

Mashiach | Dan Wolff | Spotlight | What does being Jewish mean in the
21 Century? Dan Wolff tells us the facts in this semi-autobiographical, darkly
st
comic monologue.