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Edinburgh Preview: Slash at Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)

Slash
Slash

Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre)

Aug 2nd – 27th (not 21)

Book Tickets

22:15

14+ (Guideline)

Slash is a two-woman comedy written, adapted, directed, and performed by NYC based playwrights and performers Emily Allan and Leah Hennessey.

The Blond (Emily Allan) and The Dark Haired One (Leah Hennessey) attempt to transcend the banality of identity and the terror of consciousness through cosplay, Anglophilia, critical theory and song.

Incorporating fan fictional pairings of iconic duos such as Lennon/McCartney, Byron/Shelley and Betty/Veronica, as well as meta commentary by camp portrayals of infamous second wave feminists Camile Paglia, Andrea Dworkin and Joanna Russ, Slash is a “pop feminist tour de force” (Office Magazine) about the erotic’s of collaboration and friendship.

       

Show creators and performers Emily Allan and Leah Hennessey said: “Slash began as a re-enactment of homoerotic Sherlock fanfiction from the depths of tumblr, and has evolved into a love story that asks the question, “is it better to stay on the desperate heights of unconsummated passion, or risk annihilation in a kiss?” 

Slash was workshopped in pieces at MoMA, MoMA PS1, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. It premiered at MX Gallery in NYC, where it ran for four critically acclaimed months. A new version of the play was performed at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and further workshopped with director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) at Ars Nova.

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