Porn Play at the Royal Court Review: Ambika Mod Is Harrowingly Good as a Porn Addict

Ambika Mod is luminous and feral in Porn Play

Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s new production is sure to make her a star

Ambika Mod’s bold addiction drama Porn Play resists simple answers – review

The ‘One Day’ star plays a young professor whose addiction to violent pornography online makes for confronting real-life viewing

Porn Play at the Royal Court review: Ambika Mod is harrowingly good as a porn addict

Sophia Chetin-Leuner has crafted a deliberately shocking, thoughtful work that’s also funny

Porn Play – Royal Court

As its unashamedly frank title suggests, Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s Porn Play isn’t afraid to tackle the taboo. At the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, Director Josie Rourke has staged a production that’s willing to match the script’s boldness. From the off, Designer Yimei Zhao’s pillowy, plush, almost vulvic set draws the audience into the action at a perhaps uncomfortably close proximity. The whole room is covered in a pale, bouncy car…

Review Round Up: P*rn Play, Royal Court Theatre

Find out how critics have been reacting to Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s world premiere play… © Helen Murray WhatsOnStage: **** “Mod’s performance, at once engaging, witty and utterly lost, compels attention. Like the play, it engages seriously with a subject that is too often hidden but is altering an entire generation’s understanding of relationships. It’s valuable to begin to bring it into the light.” The Guardian: **** “It’s a play that confirms Ch…

‘Porn Play’ review – Ambika Mod stars in a disengaging production, staged in one comfy auditorium

One Day actor Ambika Mod stars in a new play from Sophia Chetin-Leuner, now playing at the Royal Court Theatre.