'Sex Education' actor Patricia Allison to star in world premiere of 'Private View'

Private View is described as a story about "queer love, coercive control, and the physics of connection", offering an intimate look into a love that burns hot and fast.

Summary

• Sex Education star Patricia Allison will appear in a new play at Soho Theatre
• Private View has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting
• Private View is the debut work by playwright Jess Edwards

Patricia Allison (Sex Education) and Stefanie Martini (The Gold) will star in the world premiere of debut playwright Jess Edwards's Private View, which runs at Soho Theatre from 27 November to 20 December.

Private View is described as a story about "queer love, coercive control, and the physics of connection", offering an intimate look into a love that burns hot and fast.

Allison said: “I’m delighted to be playing A in Private View. Soho Theatre has always been such a staple of new, exciting work and I can’t wait to bring this play to life here in the heart of London.”

Martini said: “I'm looking forward to delving into the play and this love story. Soho Theatre is a really exciting venue, and Private View has a great team behind it.”

Edwards added: “I am humbled by the opportunity to bring my first play to the stage with such an extraordinary team of largely queer women. I am so passionate about bringing these characters into the world - in all their messy, sexy, electric weirdness. I hope audiences of all experiences and sexualities see something of themselves in Private View. I am both delighted and terrified to see it in front of an audience.”

Director Annie Kershaw said: “I feel incredibly fortunate to be collaborating with Jess and such a talented, dynamic cast and creative team to bring this brilliant play to life. I read this play and found it to be wild, transfixing and scarily relatable.”

The rest of the creative team includes Georgia Wilmot (set and costume design), Catja Hamilton (lighting design), Josh Anio Grigg (sound design), and Ingrid Mackinnon (movement and intimacy).

Private View has been shortlisted for the international Yale Drama Series Prize, the ATG Playwright's Prize, and the Women's Prize for Playwriting.

Check back for Private View tickets on LondonTheatre.co.uk

Photo credit: Patricia Allison and Stefanie Martini in artwork for Private View. (Photo by Madeleine Penfold)