Our Senior Lecturer in Digital Composition Dr Tom Parkinson (Lead composer) and Doctoral Researcher Lewis Gibson (Sound designer) lead the music team for Bryony Kimmings' new production 'Bog Witch' at Soho Theatre.
A rare new play by legendary artist renowned for her tearjerking and hilarious autobiographical theatre creations. Bryony Kimmings makes her Soho Theatre Walthamstow debut with her first solo show in half a decade.
About Bog Witch
As with all her previous shows (I’m a Phoenix, Bitch, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, Fake It ‘Til You Make It) Bog Witch follows a part of Kimmings’ real life story… this time the journey of uprooting her and her son’s life to live in a tumbledown cottage in the wilderness… to plug back into nature as a last-ditch attempt to be happy and sane.
Bog Witch is about being the least likely eco-convert. The last person to let go of their capitalist trappings. It explores what happens when ordering things online, drinking booze and coffee, and stuffing your face with Deliveroo no longer brings happiness. Beneath all the bought stuff and façade; the endless distraction and dopamine, might just lay sad animals. Animals who have been disconnected from our ecosystems for too long. This is the story not of dropping out… but of plugging back in, and one that changed absolutely everything for Kimmings.
Commissioned by Soho Theatre Walthamstow and Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. Originated as the monologue Freakosystem for the Charleston Festival 2024. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Join them
For more information or to book your tickets now, please visit the Soho Theatre website: https://sohotheatre.com/events/bog-witch/
