California Girls is the story of three friends and their microwave. The world of the play is created using only the light from an overhead projector, thereby creating a visually mysterious and awe-inspiring performance. The performance is devised through months of honest conversation between the actors and improvisation exploring themes of nostalgia, grief and loneliness. The ensemble on stage is, whilst performing, shaping their surroundings using light. Whilst the characters meet to eat popcorn and point to the moon, they’re all silently consumed by death and loss, dreaming of a different past. The play is set to the sound of a radio channel, playing the same old, groovy tunes, day in and day out. California Girls is a playful and mesmerising play, intimate and innocent. It invites the audience into a home; a home that we can’t possibly hold on to, a home that is forever changing, a home filled with the soothing smell of freshly popped popcorn.
Performers: Freja Sande, Myra Amneskog, Benjamin Monjar
