Porn Play
Porn Play
95% 2 reviews
95%
(2 Ratings)
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Members say
Must see, Relevant, Great acting, Intelligent, Great writing

About the Show

A world premiere by Sophia Chetin-Leuner, directed by Josie Rourke, starring Ambika Mod.

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Critic Reviews (9)

London Theatre
November 14th, 2025

"In Porn Play’s final moments, shame and grief mingle together in a harrowing display that shows not only the skill of its lead performer, but the craft of its ambitious young writer."
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The London Evening Standard
November 14th, 2025

"This is an uneven but bold probing of a dirty little secret in society that finds, in Ambika Mod, an eloquent expression of underlying pain."
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Time Out London
November 14th, 2025

"It’s a bold play with a fantastically committed performance from Mod. My basic problem is that violent porn addiction in women is such a rare and delicate subject to be tackling"
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WhatsOnStage
November 14th, 2025

"The play tends to give too much weight to these academic musings and ultimately offers too pat a reason for Ani’s profound unhappiness. But Mod’s performance, at once engaging, witty and utterly lost, compels attention."
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The Stage (UK)
November 14th, 2025

"This new play... is a mess of provocations, as elliptical and frustrating as it is sparky and inquisitive... but for all its nebulous muddle, in Josie Rourke’s striking production, it compels."
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The Arts Desk
November 15th, 2025

"Mod and the others turn a rather superficial script into a show that, for all its defects, is worth seeing."
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The Telegraph (UK)
November 14th, 2025

"The unfortunate upshot of this is that we, like everyone in Ani’s life, feel very distant from her."
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The Independent (UK)
November 14th, 2025

"Anchored by Mod, Porn Play is by turns funny and disturbing – a welcome and bold addition to the growing discourse surrounding sex and the internet."
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