The world is open again but no one is the same.
Who are we now, and how do we reconnect with our friends, our communities, even our creativity, after being static for so long?
Reboot Festival meant three weeks of plays for a world attempting to reboot. The festival ran 5 - 23 October 2021 at the Barons Court Theatre in London, UK.
The Festival featured writers and directors of all levels of experience, with a high number of roles going to early-career artists and recent graduates.
The three weeks of the festival saw three lineups of dynamic new writing from playwrights from the US, Europe and across the UK. There's truly something for everyone in these funny and heartbreaking gems of new writing.
Reboot Festival was free of charge for all NHS staff, a token of appreciation from Kibo for all of the amazing work NHS has done to see us safely through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Location: Barons Court Theatre
Curtain's Up Pub
28a Comeragh Rd, London W14 9HR
Cast and Creatives
Week 1:
Left, Right, East, West
Writer: Emma Dawson
Director: Ioana Goga
Cast: Beatrice Bowden (Mitts)
Whose to Tell
Writer: Jacquie Penrose
Director: Eratle Wang
Cast: Rosanna Preston (Ellen), Catie Ridewood (Cindy)
Supernova
Writer: Hannah Kennedy
Director: Martha J. Baldwin
Cast: Beth Lindsey (Emma), Emily Millwood (Nina)
Holding Fire
Writer: Jake Hart
Director: Bethany Gemmell
Cast: Jake Hart (narrator)
Before I Talked to Shoes
Writer: Alina Rios
Director: Afton Aitkenhead
Cast: Iskra Everhys (Girl), Mercedes May López (Rose), Sara Odeen Isbiter (Muffy), Ben Sanderson (Danny)
Week 2:
Sugar Pie
Writer: Vivian Lermond
Director: Elizabeth Sanderson
Cast: Robyn Pinkney (Ida), Tom Driver (Willie)
Not Helping
Writer: Sebastião Marques Lopes
Director: Chantelle Dusette
Cast: Lucy Stepan (Dawn), Daniel Dixon (Harry)
Coco
Writer: Jagoda Kamov
Director: Jagoda Kamov
Cast: Giorgio Galassi (Joe), Pierre Laurent (Tim)
Out of Love
Writer: Esti Bragado
Director: Vittorio Pari
Cast: Esti Bragado (Claire), Alexandre Smith (John), Samantha Powell (Maddy)
Operating Systems
Writer: Susan Lynch
Director: Lou Corben
Cast: Naila Mansour (Da), Nia Powell (Aman)
Week 3:
Those That Are Special
Writer: Emma Zadow
Director: William Spencer
Cast: Charlotte East (Lucy), William Spencer (Nadia)
Perfect Timing
Writer: Ioana Goga
Director: Isobel Way
Cast: Phoebe Cleghorn (Mary), Eliza Beth Stevens (Delilah), David Stevens (Zach)
The Trial of Prince Charming
Writer: Pamela Morgan
Director: Abi Turner
Cast: Sophie Leach (Cindy), Mohit Mathur (Lawyer)
Siobhan
Writer: Gabrielle Curtis
Director: Leo Bacica
Cast: Roxana Lupu (Siobhan), Moore Cruise (Matt)
Woman, a Choreopoem
(Or, That Time When Michelle Obama & I Had Da Hong Pao Tea)
Writer: Catalina Florescu
Director: Sharon Willems
Cast: Anca Vaida (Sun), Romayn Rose (Renaissance)