The World Premiere of FLIP! is presented by Fuel. A new play from Racheal Ofori directed by Emily Aboud examines the relationship between two young Black women and an obsession with social media.
Fuel’s Director and CEO, Kate McGrath:
“Hot on the heels of the successes of Hannah Lavery’s Protest and Russell Tovey and Neil Bartlett’s BLUE NOW, we are thrilled to be premiering Racheal Ofori’s sparklingly fresh and brilliantly funny new play FLIP!.”
Meet Carleen and Crystal. The influencers with cultural commentary will have you in stitches! Love them or hate them, there’s no stopping their fast-growing online following. Offline, Carleen has her reservations about their cyber personas, but she idolises Crystal and would follow her anywhere…even to FLIP!, the new social media giant that has everyone hooked – and Carleen and Crystal are no exception; especially when it seems that their videos could make them famous.
Superstardom, followers, fame, influence, money: it’s all just one click away. FLIP! is the answer to everything they’ve ever dreamed of. But is it too good to be true?
FLIP! is a powerful new satire written by critically-acclaimed writer Racheal Ofori (Black Ops, Portrait, I Used To Be Famous) and directed by Evening Standard Future Theatre Award winner 2021 Emily Aboud (SPLINTERED, Pink Lemonade). It probes what it means to live freely under the shadow of social media encroaching on every aspect of our lives, and asks how can we be our authentic selves in a world of algorithms intent on proving just how disposable we all are.
Writer, Racheal Ofori:
“FLIP! is my response to our ever changing relationship to the internet. I have my own love/hate relationship with it and I love using this space as a place to discuss the doors social media has opened as well the darker sides, all through provocative and poetic humour.”
FLIP! is co-commissioned by Fuel and Soho Theatre, as part of Soho Six. Supported by the Cockayne Foundation – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, Arts Council England, Fenton Arts Trust, the Noel Coward Foundation, and the Leche Trust.
