The Maids
This was an intense hour and 45 minutes. It's based on Genet’s play about two maids conspiring against their overbearing, self obsessed and unpleasant mistress, who in this iteration is some kind of online lifestyle influencer. This turns into a fast and furious critique about celebrity culture, social media and online influencing whilst mostly keeping hold of the original plot. Visually stunning, this makes one of the best and most innovative use of screens I have seen, with live streaming from iPhones into the massive mirror/screens that fill the back of the stage. The use of filters and personas is inspired, and helps with the sense that reality and fantasy are getting more and more blurred. The maids don't just try on her clothes, but also her online persona. The three person cast (Phia Saban, Lydia Wilson, and Yerin Ha), are all fabulously on point with this, although it is sometimes hard to focus on them, given the amount also going on on ...