Oh Plagues – C ARTS
Oh Plagues, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, produced by Mebe Productions, sees a group of young aristocratic women attending a soirée when they suddenly learn that they have been locked in to prevent contamination as the smallpox epidemic of 1810 rages on. This isn’t any ordinary period piece however, as the ladies are given a modern twist - swearing, taking drugs, partaking in lesbianism and the like. There’s even a baroque-ified dance breakdown featuring Chappel Roan’s hit song “HOT TO GO!” at one point with the help of Yohana Bayekula’s movement direction.
Making up the group are a bundle of East 15 Acting School students and graduates who implement both scripted and improvised dialogue throughout the show to provide an all round good time for us. Writ...