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Batty! – The Playhouse, Sheffield (as a part of Sheffield Open Works Festival)
Batty! is an incredibly charming play. Victoria Firth, as both the writer and the superb central performer, captures the audience's attention from the very first sentence of Batty! and keeps that attention all the way to the end. What transpires over the next hour, and five minutes are a series of charming interludes between Firth’s Batty and her companion, Wildthing played by Kathryn Hankle. These interludes point to wider themes of women and witchiness, modernity and wilderness. The mix between songs, anecdotes, jokes, and a couple of truly shocking moments. The two strong central performances anchor this play.