Venue: Kings Arms Salford
Cast: Neysa Killeen
Gen Z's reality is rarely reflected accurately in literature and media. It is hard to progress using the traditional milestones when your rent is more than half your paycheque. Social media and consumerism soften the blow of failure; so does apathy. But there's just something missing, isn't there? Gen Z's situation seems hopeless, so how do you move with defiance and autonomy when you get stuck in one place? Neysa Killeen's debut interrogates ideas of education, capitalism, identity, personal freedom, and defiance. And there will be no patronizing suggestions like buying less avocado toast.
Questions Of Travel is a one woman play written and performed by Neysa Killeen and directed by Porcelain Delaney, marking Neysa’s writing and performing debut. The piece involves a series of seemingly unrelated stories from throughout Neysa’s life, all of which are interesting and engaging, and thought provoking, allowing the audience to draw their own connections in relation to their own life experiences. The show addresses mental health, social exclusion and loneliness, rejection, political issues, capitalism and inflation, poverty and homelessness all in the space of 60 minutes.
By the end it becomes clear that Neysa is actually using her piece to bring attention to climate change and the global warming crisis, but the masterfully written script allows for the audience to insert their experiences into the story and relate in their own way making it about whatever they need it to be, and in this way, the piece creates space for so much more than just its original intention. Neysa gave a talented and effortless delivery of an extremely clever and well written script, executing Porcelain’s artistic vision with beauty and grace.
Review by Rachel
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