Playday

by Joanna Glum

The Woman’s up in the treehouse, The Stranger can’t go back to work until he makes sure The Girl is alright, and The Girl just wants to bury her brain. She’s great at playing, she knows, but she’d be better if her brain didn’t make her say things.

An Albee-esque allegory about what happens when you blame your thoughts for your feelings. A play about making friends.

The Woman’s up in the treehouse, The Stranger can’t go back to work until he makes sure The Girl is alright, and The Girl just wants to bury her brain. She’s great at playing, she knows, but she’d be better if her brain didn’t make her say things.

An Albee-esque allegory about what happens when you blame your thoughts for your feelings. A play about making friends.

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  • Samantha Marchant: Playday by Joanna Glum
    “

    PLAYDAY challenges assumptions about age, playing and working with well-crafted, halting dialogue and imagery doing wonderful things with height.

    PLAYDAY challenges assumptions about age, playing and working with well-crafted, halting dialogue and imagery doing wonderful things with height.

    ”
  • Anna Langman: Playday by Joanna Glum
    “

    "Playday" is a shining example of the new contemporary absurd. Sweet and grotesque, clever and surprising at every turn, this play is a testament to the genre-melding new directions in which the theatre is headed.

    "Playday" is a shining example of the new contemporary absurd. Sweet and grotesque, clever and surprising at every turn, this play is a testament to the genre-melding new directions in which the theatre is headed.

    ”
3f, 1m

Two characters are aged 11.

Development History

  • Workshop, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Dir. Tanvi Shah, 2019