As a theatre director, Joanna Bowman looks for two things in a play. First it should not be able to exist anywhere but the stage. Second it should have a reason to be heard; something “politically necessary”. As she sees it, Wolfie (Some Sort Of Fairy Tale) ticks both boxes.
The debut play by Ross Willis, it premiered at London’s Theatre503 in 2019 and went on to be named best play at both the Writers’ Guild Awards and the Off-West End Awards. It is about twin sisters whom we follow from before they are born until the age of 26. They are farmed out to different foster parents – one as dysfunctional as the other – and have their lives shaped accordingly.
“It just pings off the page in the most terrifying and exciting way,” says Bowman, making her debut as associate director at Glasgow’s Tron, a post she will hold for two years. [READ MORE]