The buzzy Edinburgh Fringe play Climate Woman, which Netflix has acquired for a restricted sequence, will switch to London’s Soho Theatre subsequent yr.
The manufacturing can have a restricted run on the Soho Theatre from 5 March – 5 April 2025.
Written by Brian Watkins (Outer Vary) and Julia McDermott (Girls of the Motion), the manufacturing picked up the Scotsman Fringe First, Popcorn Award, LIST Award, and Lustrum Award throughout its run in Edinburgh. Described as an “apocalyptic one-woman play,” the manufacturing follows a Californian climate lady in meltdown.
The play’s official synopsis reads: Stacey is a California climate lady. An oversexed and underpaid harbinger of our dying planet. However at present, her common routine of wildfires, prosecco, and enamel whitening descends right into a scorched earth disaster earlier than she discovers one thing that may save us all.
The London manufacturing will likely be directed by Tyne Rafaeli (The Coast Starlight). Rafaeli preciously collaborated with Watkins on Epiphany at Lincoln Centre. The play will likely be mounted by Francesca Moody Productions, which additionally produced the Edinburgh reveals. Their earlier productions embrace Child Reindeer, Fleabag, Kathy and Stella Remedy a Homicide!, and final yr’s A Streetcar Named Need revival starring Paul Mescal.
Discussing at present’s announcement, Watkins mentioned: “I’m thrilled that we are going to get to share this very private piece with London audiences, at a time when our relationship with the setting feels akin to the runaway practice that’s this play. The good crew at Francesca Moody Productions did such a stellar job in Edinburgh the place we have been overwhelmed by the response; we are able to’t wait to share that very same pleasure with wider audiences at such a urgent time.”
