Black comedy SNOWFLAKES returns to London after Covid cancellation

Re-emerging after their Covid cancellation, the striking black comedy Snowflakes is returning to the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, from 28 September–16 October.

How far would you go to right a wrong? Snowflakes takes Cancel Culture quite literally to  question ideas of morality, revenge and justice with gleeful, violent abandon. Combining the  technological nihilism of Black Mirror with the dark comedy and horror of Inside No. 9, it lacerates modern outrage and trial by social media.  

Marcus and Sarah work for a very special start-up. They don’t work in a shared office. They don't  sell locally sourced, gluten-free coconut water. They do the job that so many people call out for in the comments section. So, outsource your rage, disgust and vitriol and let’s get to the truth  before the media storm blows over. They may not based in a co-working space but they do have  an app: Justice isn’t blind, it’s streamed to millions. Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe! 

This sci-fi black comedy resonates in various directions, implicating questions about the potency  of social media, female empowerment and how characters earnestly confront trauma. Comedy,  drama and satire; Snowflakes is brought by Dissident Theatre – a company with the goal of  making theatre to confront the base, the repressed and ambiguous corners of the world we live  in. 

Making his writing debut, Robert Boulton (False Choices, King’s Head Theatre; Baked Beans) will  also star in Snowflakes as Marcus alongside Niamh Finlay (Gutted, The Marlowe Theatre and UK  Tour; Everything that Rises Must Dance, Complicité) as Sarah and Henry Davis (Hanna, Amazon  Prime, The Essex Serpent, Apple TV) as Tony.

Robert Boulton said: “My favourite stories have always been dark, twisted and morally  dubious - what that says about me as a person, God only knows. I want to make people laugh  through the darkness; I don’t respond well to moral preaching or superiority and don’t expect an  audience to. I’m flitting somewhere in between terror and excitement to see how the audience  responds. I hope Snowflakes is a relevant, if irreverent, riff on contemporary society, not just  examining the problems we’re encountering now and where we might be going; but also asking  where we want to be when and if we solve these problems. Then again, maybe not.”

Snowflakes is brought to life by an angular, minimalist set by Offie-nominated Alys Whitehead, designed to reflect the nature of internet  streaming, courtrooms and the dystopian future-present in which the play is set, with lighting by Jonathan Chan, which interplays with the set design to  create compelling changes in mood through the production. 

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