Pandas

Pandas was originally conceived to reflect the Beijing Olympics in 2008, so it has been brewing in writer Rona Munro’s mind for some time.

Having worked with her before on The Indian Boy, a play she wrote for the Royal Shakespeare Company, I was immediately interested. Rona’s writing is exciting, insightful, funny and moving so I was expecting great things and this particular script didn’t disappoint.

As the world is getting smaller and networks like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter shows us video and tells us stories of the details of people’s lives on the other side of the world the second after it has happened and this helps to break down the distance between us. The drama experienced by others in different cultures is reflected back to us and perhaps we realise we are both extraordinarily alike as well as extraordinarily different. I think this will always hold a fascination for us.

Pandas is a wonderfully funny romcom and I expect our audience to be delighted and uplifted by the love story, entranced by the characters and hugely entertained by the dialogue. It is a real feel good piece and I hope it will be a great night out at the theatre. The perfect play to take your date to!