Girl in the Machine
Mon - Sat, 7.45pm
Wed & Sat matinees, 2.45pm
"The gap is getting smaller between the human and the hardware."
Polly loves Rowen but lately, that hasn’t felt like enough. Then Rowen brings home the Black Box, with its promises to cure depression, and in a flick of a switch changes everything. As Polly becomes more distant from the person she planned to share her life with, will her love for Rowen be enough to resist the draw of eternal bliss that the Black Box offers?
Genesis Future Directors Award 2024 recipient Annie Kershaw, directs an electrifying production of award-winning playwright Stef Smith’s Girl in the Machine. Starring BAFTA nominated Leah Harvey (Foundation, Small Island) and Sophie Melville (The Way, Iphigenia in Splott), this story of love in a fast-changing world comes to the Young Vic this autumn.
The Genesis Future Directors Award program is made possible by the Genesis Foundation.
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Running time
ToggleOne hour and fifteen minutes with no interval
Please note that there is no re-entry, and latecomers will not be admitted, so please arrive in plenty of time.
Design by Louise Richardson. Photography by Steve Gregson.
Writer Stef Smith
Director Annie Kershaw
Designer Khadija Raza
Sound Designer Odinn Orn Hilmarsson
Lighting Designer Lucía Sánchez Roldán
Movement Director Nevena Stojkov
Intimacy and Fight Director Yarit Dor
Associate Sound Designer Neil McKeown
Casting by Jacob Sparrow
Jerwood Trainee Assistant Director Neve Adams
With Leah Harvey, Sophie Melville and Jessica Temple
Captioned performance: Wed 23 Oct, 7.45pm.
BSL performance: Thu 24 Oct, 7.45pm.
Audio Described performance: Fri 25 Oct, 7.45pm. Free Touch Tour is available to book from 6pm.
Captioned by Miranda Yates
BSL interpreted by Sumayya Si-Tayeb
Audio Described by Miranda Yates & Eleanor Margolies
Access concession tickets and seats reserved for accessible performances are now available to book online. Click here for more information about booking access tickets online.
