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Isabella James

Kanye the First
03 Oct
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Isabella James

Review: KANYE THE FIRST at HighTide Festival, Walthamstow

Kanye the First Sam Steiner’s latest play Kanye the First headlined the opening night of HighTide’s pop-up festival in Walthamstow, London. This surreal piece of theatre centres around Annie, a 27-year-old Londoner who works in marketing and struggles with her identity. We watch her take care of her incontinent mother, date boys that wish she was someone else and lie to Starbuck’s baristas about her own name. Then, after a brief mention that Kanye West has passed away, Annie wakes up in the body of Yeezy himself. His second coming.

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Heroine - HighTide Festival
02 Oct
Reviews
Isabella James

Review: HEROINE at HighTide Festival, Walthamstow

Heroine - HighTide Festival HighTide’s pop-up festival has come to London for the first time, bringing with it a range of emerging playwrights. Heroine is a new piece by Nessah Muthy that brings us right into the heart of a South London community centre where a group of women gather together to eat cakes, play bingo and plan their peaceful protests. However, the arrival of EOD Bomb Disposal Engineer Grace who has been discharged from Afghanistan, changes the groups dynamic and their focus.

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