Jeany Spark and Agni Scott in Battleface | A Bush Theatre production | Production photo by Helen Murray
“People in West London want to live forever. They think death will not find them. Death is not for them. How can they die when they have so much to give, to offer, to find, to take, to have, to make, to feel, to SAY, for god’s sake?”
Camilla, a journo for hipster rag Gun Magazine, has a new assignment. She’s interviewing Ablah, West London’s most sought-after botox doctor.
As the two begin to dissect ideals of beauty, they conjure a world where botox can act for bullets and chemical peels become weapons. In this brave new world, the tables are turned and it’s Ablah’s turn for a close up. Is she ready to go under the knife?
From celebrated poet, playwright, performer and writer Sabrina Mahfouz comes this zinging new thriller about the face value of one woman’s choice to conform.
Early development supported by the National Theatre.
Joe Murphy is the Artistic Director of nabokov.
Theatre as director include The Taming Of The Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), Forever House (Plymouth Theatre Royal), Blink (Soho Theatre/ Traverse), Symphony (Outdoor Festivals tour), Young Pretender (Edinburgh Festival Fringe and UK tour), Bunny (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/UK tour/ Soho Theatre/59E59 Brits Off Broadway Season), and The Boy on the Swing (Arcola Theatre).
Joe is Artistic Associate at Soho Theatre.
Priscilla John, Orla Maxwell and Francesca Bradley have worked together as a casting team since 2009 on diverse and exciting film and international TV projects. Priscilla leads the team with a wealth of experience including the Royal Court Theatre in 1970’s, Granada TV, and an independent career casting for David Lean, Steven Spielberg, Gore Verbinski, Terrence Davies and Andrei Tarkovsky. Always on the hunt for new UK talent, the team are passionate theatregoers attending fringe, West End and drama graduate shows.
Sabrina Mahfouz was raised in London and Cairo. Her work as a writer includes the plays Chef, With a Little Bit of Luck, Clean, Battleface and the love i feel is red; the poetry collection How You Might Know Me; the literary anthology The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write and the BBC shows Breaking the Code, Railway Nation: A Journey In Verse and We Are Here. She received a Fringe First Award for Chef and won a Sky Arts Academy Poetry Award.
St Stephen’s CE Primary School has been a staple of the local community for over 150 years and was part of the original village of Shepherd’s Bush, built at the same time as the adjoining church. The school strives to provide outstanding education which serves the diverse population based in the local area. Its pupils enjoy many different opportunities for achievement as well as lots of extra-curricular options.
