PETAL
by Susan Momoko Hingley + Honey-tongued Theatre Productions
Omnibus Theatre, May 25th - 29th 2022
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster…” ― Nietzsche
Petal, a young contestant on the popular reality TV show Love Loft, dreams of success. But as swiftly as fame propels her into the limelight, trolls crawl out from the darkness to torment her.
As Petal’s plight is plastered all over the news, her sister Mina vows to find justice. Most of the trolls have disappeared. Except one. As the suspect is dragged into the open, is Mina herself becoming the bully she so despises?
A ferocious return by the company that brought you the critically acclaimed Baaba’s Footsteps (VAULT 2020), Petal explores the dark world of online hate and asks, isn’t it about time that trolls paid their toll?
Cast & Creative Team
Director: RAGGA DAHL JOHANSEN
Writer: SUSAN MOMOKO HINGLEY
Producers: SUSAN MOMOKO HINGLEY & FILIP KRENUS
Stage Design: HELEN COYSTON
Sound Design: GUY CONNELLY
LX Design: BEN GARCIA
Stage Management: SAM CAMPBELL
Cast:
MARYHEE YOON
JONATHAN OLDFIELD
GERAINT RHYS
SUSAN MOMOKO HINGLEY
Proudly supported by Arts Council England and NDT Broadgate.
Idea developed as part of New Earth Theatre's Professional Writers Programme and Tangled Feet’s Devolution Evolution project.