Fair Play London Reviews and Tickets

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(2 Reviews)

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Members say

Absorbing, Relevant, Intense, Clever, Thought-provoking

About the Show

Ella Road's new play exploring the underbelly of women’s athletics.

As Ann & Sophie are pitted against one another in the run-up to the running World Championships, their friendship is put through the ultimate test, with their relationships, bodies, and even their identities scrutinized by the public.

Both of them are in with a chance of becoming champions - Road's new work asks the question: at what personal cost?

Member Reviews (2)

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Enchanting, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You want to witness some fantastic performances shed light on an underexposed issue

Don't see it if No reason not to

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Thought-provoking, Intense, Relevant, Absorbing

See it if You like plays that reflect current world: authentic and relevant.

Don't see it if You find it difficult to watch plays that challenge serious issues, such as injustice.

Critic Reviews (5)

It’s not a perfectly balanced 90 minutes, but it’s a rich and empathetic and stunningly well-executed evening all the same.
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A much ‘bigger' play than it at first looks, and a remarkable piece of theatre. Run to the Bush for this one. I mean it.
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Road’s writing is so intelligently suggestive, it extends sympathy by definition to anyone caught in the crossfire of the wider debate raging over gender definitions.
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...Fair Play throws us into the brutal ignorance and invasiveness of the way elite sport approaches gender, with results that disproportionately impact Black women.
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Fair Play paints a rich, three-dimensional picture of the banal and senseless definitions that are placed on women not only on the track, but within a society that has prejudice running through its veins.
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