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The Pirate Project

Ovalhouse, Inner London
From: Tuesday, 15th May 2012
To: Saturday, 2 June 2012

Our Review:

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Synopsis

Fanciful stagings of the escapades of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Ching Shih - swashbuckling female pirates of the past - combine with intimate stories of personal piracy in the performers' own lives. See these bloodthirsty damsels out-sail, out-think and out-fight every man on the high seas. In The Pirate Project three women set sail in search of their inner pirate. Expect sword fights, theatrical storms and cross-dressing aplenty. Ha Harrrr!

Our Review:

17 May 2012

With The Pirate Project, Ovalhouse Theatre tells us to “expect sword fights, theatrical storms and cross-dressing aplenty” and this Lucy Foster and Improbable co-production does not disappoint. The Pirate Project opens the Ovalhouse’s season Outlaws with tales of historical female pirates and their relevance to the lives of contemporary women.

The trio of Chloe Dechery, Lucinka Eisler and Simone Kenyon each play a pirate icon - Ching Shih, Anne Bonny and Mary Read - and relate their stories to personal struggles, anxieties and hopes, searching for their own inner pirate. These tales are gloriously farcical, hilarious and heartfelt. Alongside the pirate travails are projected videos of middle aged and elderly women discussing their own experiences of womanhood.

The chemistry of the three players is obvious and their sense of humour is infectious from the start. We’re encouraged to bellow our best pirate impression and becom...

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