Cast announced for new play Puppy at King’s Head Theatre.
The cast of Naomi Westerman’s (Tortoise) new play Puppy at the King’s Head Theatre has been announced including Ian Hallard (Doctor Who and Sherlock, BBC). Puppy follows two young women who meet late one night in a car park, and immediately fall in love whilst dogging. Exploring the boundaries of their sexualities, they start their own feminist porn company, but when new proposed legislation intent on outlawing female pleasure is introduced, the valiant lovers become fighters in a battle for their rights. Puppy is an outrageous, sex-positive, female-centric comedy, about queerness, feminist porn, protest, the patriarchy, and Nick Clegg.
The cast is led by Ashling O’Shea, known for her role as Nadira Valli in Hollyoaks (Channel 4) as Jaz, a naive and romantic young woman who works as a bookkeeper. Amy Revelle (When Women Wee, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Soho Theatre 2011, Jamie Johnson FC, CBBC), will portray Jaz’s romantic interest, Maya, a post graduate student and porn actor, who launches her own ethical feminist adult entertainment company.
The supporting cast includes Ian Hallard (Great Britain, National Theatre 2014, The Boys in the Band, Park Theatre 2016 and Vaudeville Theatre 2017, Doctor Who and Sherlock, BBC), Ed Larkin (Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers, 2024, The Little Big Things, @sohoplace 2023) and Maria Austin (Mercy, Apple TV, The Reverend and Mrs Simpson, Sky) as an ensemble of friends who are members of their local dogging society.
Playwright Naomi Westerman said, “Puppy came out of the combination of my desire to create more female-led queer stories, and my artistic practice of using character-driven comedy to explore socio-political issues. Wrapping a trenchant critique of late-stage capitalism porn industry and the exploitation of female sexuality and sexual liberation within a rom-com about dogging is no easy task, but putting loads of filthy puns in seems to be making it easier."
Listings
1st April – 27th April 2025
King’s Head Theatre, 116 Upper St, London N1 1QN
Tues – Thurs, 9pm, Fri 7pm, Sat 1pm & 8pm, Sun 8pm
Tickets: £26.00 - £18.50 (concs) - BOOK NOW
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