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About the Show

Rachel Bellman's debut play exploring families, sisterhood, and Jewish demonology.

17-year-old Leah has taken it upon herself to exact revenge upon the person who put her aunt Mirah in the hospital. As she puts a plan together to find the perpetrator, the lines between fantasy & reality become blurred, as her search for a human becomes a search for demons. Despite what Leah's sister tells her, the shadows in Mirah's cottage seem to move. Surrounded by books about Jewish exorcisms, the two sisters fight the thoughts that they’re not alone...

This production is recommended for ages 14+.

Critic Reviews (4)

“Darkly funny at times, psychological at others, Bellman’s script is filled with originality although its discussions sometimes feel too much like lessons.”
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“It is the tricky, tense, recognisably messy relationship between these two very different sisters that is the emotional heart of this promising if uneven piece.”
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“ ‘These Demons’ is a wickedly funny and charmingly introspective look at Jewish culture and modern family dynamics...The final few scenes are brilliant and captured my attention fully; I was invested in the outcomes for each character. It’s just that the journey wasn’t quite as good as the destination.”
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“What Bellman has done with the neat three-hander is impressive and her use of Jewish demonology is sorely entertaining, yet the play never quite gets to the heart of the spell...Perhaps the demon of this play is antisemitism itself or the othering that happens to those who do not sit neatly within the boxes of our world, be that village, town, church, synagogue, or sixth form.”
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