Soil By Alexis Starke - Yorkshire Fringe Evening

SOIL IS A SEARING ABSURDIST TAKE ON MODERN RELATIONSHIPS.
HAUNTED BY INFERTILITY, A YOUNG COUPLE ATTEMPT TO KEEP A HOUSE PLANT ALIVE.

A THEATRICAL EXPLORATION OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COMMUNICATION CRUMBLES, TACKLING MODERN GENDER ROLES, MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WOMEN’S RAGE. WITH A PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURE, AND TIGHTLY WRITTEN CHARACTERS, THIS IS STRIKING NEW WRITING.

A DEBUT PLAY BY LEEDS CONSERVATOIRE GRADUATE AND YORKSHIRE WRITER ALEXIS STARKE, SOIL WAS WRITTEN AS PART OF A NATIONAL THEATRE PLAY WRITING PROGRAMME AND WENT THROUGH EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AT SCRATCH NIGHT’S - FOUNDATIONS (WAKEFIELD) AND ARTS AT THE ARMS (KIRKLEES/LEEDS), BEFORE DEBUTING ON STAGE AT ORIGINS AT SEVEN ARTS (LEEDS)