THEATRE: Soho Theatre – Pronoun by Evan Placey

Each year the National Theatre invites ten writers to create new plays for young people to perform. This year they asked the writers to go back to their hometown and work with young people on ideas for their plays. From these encounters came stories of circuses and aliens, of sound-clashes, embarrassing parents, mobiles and messaging, of love and of heartache.

By Chris Bridges | 9th April 2013

This spring 220 youth theatre companies will present the premieres of these plays in venues from Scotland to Cornwall and Northern Ireland to Norfolk. Each company will also perform at one of 23 Connections festivals in professional theatres across the country, and ten companies will go on to perform at the National Theatre.

The Soho Theatre in Dean Street is presenting a mix of plays and intriguingly one is based on transgender issues. Pronoun, by Evan Placey, is described as a story of transition, testosterone and James Dean. The play examines what happens between childhood sweethearts Josh and Isabella when Isabella transitions and becomes a boy.

Most interestingly, the young actors in the companies around the U.K. choose which plays they perform and this play is proving a popular selection.

Catch it at the Soho Theatre on Friday 2nd of May

Buy tickets here: sohotheatre.com