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Isolated But Open

Voices from Across The Shutdown 

On 16th March 2020, at a critical point in the coronavirus outbreak, theatres across the country began to close their doors. An entire industry was slammed shut to artists and audiences alike. 

On 17th March 2020, Papatango launched Isolated But Open: Voices from Across The Shutdown, to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories at a time when people need them most.  

The result is ten new monologues, chosen from hundreds of submissions, representing the freshest, most vital and most exciting voices from across the country at this unprecedented time. 

In addition, the award-winning playwrights Rachel De-Lahay and Anders Lustgarten have provided two world premiere pieces. 

All twelve monologues will be filmed by hand-picked actors working in self-isolation, and the films will be shared online, free to view. They will also be made available to readers by Nick Hern Books, in a free playtext format.

Lightness and humour in a dramatic story: Sophie Khan Levy and writer Sam Potter on #HannaPlay @PapatangoTC @BikeShedTheatre 

Emotional, tender, funny and conversational, Papatango’s Hanna has touches key emotional points as it raises issues of class, motherhood and belonging. We caught up with the star of this one-person piece Sophie Khan Levy and writer Sam Potter to find out how they created such a compelling piece of theatre. (more…)

Class, race, belonging and motherhood: #HannaPlay calls in to @BikeShedTheatre after sell out runs @PapatangoTC

Class, race, nature versus nature and the essence of motherhood are all explored in Hanna, a new play written by Sam Potter, starring Sophie Khan Levy, and calling into Exeter’s Bike Shed Theatre on its 10-venue tour. (more…)

4 stars for Hanna at the @arcolatheatre

What does it mean to be a mother – and what does it mean to not be a mother? These are the questions that Sam Potter grapples with in her new play Hanna, a heart-wrenching and heart-warming one woman piece currently on at the Arcola, and, spoiler alert, there may not be an answer to either question.

The concept for the play seems, at least, simple: a young mum discovers that, due to a hospital…