In His Words

60m · Theatre

Woodhouse&Roderick Presents In His Words by Heather Woodhouse, directed by TJ Roderick ‘I’m just taking a quick holiday into the past. I’m still all yours.’ What if your ex wrote a play about you? Would you demand your own say? Or would you let them scratch their side of the story into history forever? When Esther gets the lead in a piece of new theatre, she is sure the play is about her… written by her ex. Despite her girlfriend’s objections, she insists that taking the role will be an exercise in autonomy and self-discovery. Obsession rears its head, however, and the rabbit warren of the past begins to twist and turn around them both. A clock sticks. A bloody hand reaches from the dark. Waves crash against a cave by the sea. Reality slips from their grasps as the play launches into absurd action and memories, dreams, past and present tangle themselves into something new. ‘I want to be