Doctor Who Play Comes To London

Who Are You Supposed To Be? is a light-hearted comedy from Australian writer, Keith Gow, workshopped by the London team of Cameron K McEwan, Emrys Matthews and Jennifer Lusk featuring a very strong Doctor Who element. The play premiered at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe earlier this year and is appearing in London from tonight, Sunday 10 Nov – buy tickets HERE.

Founded in the team’s real experiences of being fans/geeks, the play explores both the passion and excitement of being a fan/geek as well as its more problematic elements. Gow and Lusk actually met at the Melbourne preview screening of Serenity, a film which has a mention in the play. Meanwhile, McEwan, who runs the popular Doctor Who fan website Blogtor Who (you know, the one you’re reading right now), with fellow blogger and reviewer, Matthews, provided much of the additional material for the script.

The characters of Gene (McEwan) and Ash (Lusk) are wonderfully flawed, and their particular foibles allow the play to examine notions of masculinity, feminism, mental disorder, the perils of social media relationships and the fundamentals of human interaction. All under the playful banner of Doctor Who and Star Wars fandoms!

Who Are You Supposed To Be? premiered at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe in August and is appearing in London at the Etcetera Theatre
for 3 shows only (details below).

TARDIS suitcase prop produced by IssyVB

“Taming of the Shrew with sonic screwdrivers and a TARDIS travelling case.” – Geek Chocolate

“Not just a boy-geek meets girl-geek love story, it’s also a story of acceptance, of everyone’s need for a “safe space” to allow them to be themselves, and an accurate study in Ash of what it’s like to be a girl in a boy’s club.” – Cult Den

“The play is intensely heavily researched (without wishing to stereotype ‘geek’ culture…) and also delightfully consistent in its usage of this research.” – Broadway Baby

“An hour’s amusement packed with enough geeky delights to please a fanboy (or fangirl)’s soul, with a charming story at its heart.” – Blogtor Who

WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?
By Keith Gow, in collaboration with Jennifer Lusk, Emrys Matthews and Cameron K McEwan


Directed by Emrys Matthews
Etcetera Theatre – 265 Camden High Street, London, NW1 7BU
Sun Nov 10, 8.30pm, Fri Nov 15, 9.30pm and Sun Nov 17, 8.30pm

Buy tickets HERE