Kim Davies’ Smoke to make London premiere at Southwark Playhouse

Kim Davies’ Smoke will make its London premiere at Southwark Playhouse in 2023.

Katy Galloway Productions will present the show from 3 – 25 February with previews from 1 February.

Júlia Levai and Polina Kalinina co-direct Meaghan Martin as Julie and Oli Higginson as John.

The story takes place in pre-‘Me Too’ New York City, at a ‘BDSM’ party. Julie is a privileged college dropout dipping her toes into the world of S&M. John is a cynical, struggling artist willing to act as her guide. Their whirlwind encounter starts as a sexually charged game of cat and mouse.

As they get to know each other, these seemingly self-possessed characters have their boundaries and notions of consent challenged. The consequences are irreparable and unsettling.

The production has design by Sami Fendall, sound design by Jamie Lu, lighting design by Rajiv Pattani, graphic design by Justin Williams and intimacy director Asha Jennings-Grant.

The play originally premièred at The Flea Theatre, New York, in 2014, where it was critics pick in The New York Times and Time Out New York.

Kim Davies said: “I couldn’t be more honoured that such a talented group of artists has been assembled for the London premiere of this play. It means so much to me that this play continues to speak to audiences almost a decade after I wrote it—and perhaps all the more so in a culture that has now more fully reckoned with the #metoo movement and sexual abuse in both mainstream and kink culture.”

For more information and tickets, visit www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-little/smoke