The One Day actor will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s Porn Play, one of four new premieres announced by the London theatreAmbika Mod is to star as an academic addicted to violent pornography in a new play at the Royal Court in London. Mod, best known for her screen performances in One Day and This Is Going to Hurt, will take on her highest profile theatre role to date in Porn Play, written by Sophia Chetin-Leuner and directed by Josie Rourke.Billed as “funny, unsettling and honest”, it opens in November at the Royal Court’s smaller Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Chetin-Leuner, whose play This Might Not Be It was set in a mental health unit and staged at the Bush last year, said: “Ever since I was a teenager, going to see plays at the Royal Court has shaped my ideals and purpose of who I want to be as a writer – so it’s a terrifying privilege to have Porn Play debuting here.” The play was shortlisted for Soho theatre’s Verity Bargate award in 2022. Chetin-Leuner said she began writing it ...
Ambika Mod will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner's "Porn Play" at the Royal Court in November, playing an academic addicted to violent pornography. The play, directed by Josie Rourke, is described as "funny, unsettling and honest." Other Royal Court announcements include Nick Payne's "The Unbelievers" starring Nicola Walker, the return of Soleimanpour's "Echo," a tour for Breach theatre’s "After the Act," and Tife Kusoro joining the theatre to write a new play.
