Theatre
The Feather in the Web
Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
by Laura Hartnell •
If alien life landed on Earth and we had to explain to them the habits of the white middle-class, it would be understandable if they thought we were insane. CrossFit looks like creative torture, leadership webinars are bizarre rituals in self-congratulation, and engagement parties lead to nothing but familial misery. Framed by the unrequited love story of a woman who can’t (or won’t) fit into polite society, Nick Coyle’s black comedy The Feather in the Web skewers the bourgeois obsession with career, status, and wellness.
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