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Birthright, Vault Festival

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by Louis Train

Birthright comes out the gate distracted: a sex joke, some meta humour, accents. It stays distracted, too, so at least it’s consistent. By the end of the play, one gets the sense of half a dozen stories and motifs started and abondaned; it interrupts itself.

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18 February, 2019laurakressly culture, Israel, Judaism, language, new writing, review, travelling, vault festival, Waterloo Vaults, young people Leave a comment

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