Written by Gail Louw, the good dad (a love story) is a compelling piece about the devastating impact sexual abuse and incest has on 3 different women. It is a masterclass in shifting perspectives that add new nuance and intrigue to what would otherwise be a horribly bleak story. Donna was sexually abused and raped from childhood by her Dad. Her twin sister Carol surely must have suspected something, why didn’t she say anything? Or did she? And her mother, well lets just say she sees Donna as the other woman. As time goes by, and Donna can see her Dad falling back into recognisable patterns, it is up to her to do something about it. Except that isn’t where we start, we start at the end and look back, with the story told from the rubble of these 3 women’s lives.
‘I’m such a political nerd, I think Antigone was inevitable’: Aequitas director Rachael Bellis on setting Sophocles in the 1980s
Aequitas Theatre Company follows its take on Brecht’s Fear and Misery in the Third Reich with a new version of Sophocles’ Antigone, opening this week at London’s Bread and Roses Theatre. In our interview, director Rachael Bellis explains why she loves political theatre… and why she’s swapped Trump’s America for Thatcher’s Britain for her new production. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Aequitas Theatre relocates Greek tragedy Antigone to Thatcher’s Britain & miners’ strike
Aequitas Theatre Company explores unjust laws and their consequences in Sophocles’ timeless Greek tragedy Antigone. Their brand-new production, relocating the action to 1980s Britain, running from 4 to 22 September 2018 at London’s Bread and Roses Theatre.