Pink Rabbit @ Underbelly Bristo Square

Pink Rabbit is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story exploring newly-eighteen-year-old Amna’s double life as obedient daughter to a Pakistani immigrant single mother in South London, and her online persona ‘PersianBaby’, purveyor of faked orgasms and accents for male pleasure. Written and performed by Farah Ashraf, and presented by Nazar Arts, Pink Rabbit was a recipient of the 2026 Shedload of Future Fund from Shedinburgh.

Stumbling into the world of online sex, Amna’s phone opens a world of opportunity and sexual exploration for a girl raised under a strict Islamic upbringing and the fears of an overprotective mother whose love struggles to translate into her daughter’s world. Pink Rabbit captures the clash between generations and culture – the fierce love and protection of an overbearing mother who fought for a different type of freedom. It shows how, like a bursting balloon, pressure builds and erupts in unplanned directions when people are bound by too many expectations.

Ashraf, an alumni of Soho Theatre Labs, navigates the raw naiveté, humour, charisma and spirit of Amna with sensitivity. Her Amna is gutsy, vibrant, naughty and vulnerable – a teenager voyaging into self-exploration, exploitation and the curious freedom this rebellion brings. She is perhaps most honest in her rhyming moments of reflection, with Ashraf bouncing back and forth between Amna’s character and those around her with command and fluidity.

Pink Rabbit packs a lot into an hour as Amna explores Ashraf’s statement – ‘brown women are not monoliths’. Packed into Underbelly’s Daisy, Pink Rabbit deserves a bigger stage and room to breathe. It questions what intimacy has become in a digital age of online sexual transactions and availability; who we perform for, and who is with us in our darkest moments.

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Pink Rabbit, Underbelly Bristo Square (Daisy), until 30 Aug (not 18), 4.15pm, £12-14