curious

Being a woman is blood and gutsIt’s intestineFuck florals and ballgownsIt’s ballsIt’s livers and kidneys and puke and mucusRipping and tearing and shreddingRed stain on linen beddingIt’s sheddingJaz is in her second year at drama school. Jaz is tired of performing. Hence her conundrum. But when she stumbles across a piece of forgotten history – her life is changed forever…What does it mean to find yourself? Especially when it seems the world you live in is diametrically set against you doing just that?Set against the sprawling backdrop of urban London across centuries, curious is a frank, funny and moving excavation of the lives of two actresses who are young, Black, queer and trying to find out who they are. It is written and performed by Jasmine Lee-Jones, the winner of Evening Standard Award 2019 and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for her play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.