Let’s come together to pull the mask off polite society and unveil the real, raw human experience that lies beneath the surface. Two plays written more than a century ago, preformed now back-to-back to ask the same uncomfortable questions: How much of what we show the world is performance, and how easily does an innocent whisper turn into a destructive weapon?
Overtones (1913) by Alice Gersteneberg – THE MASK
The Inner Self vs. The Public Mask
Two old friends, Harriet and Margaret, meet for tea. While their polite, well-mannered selves exchange small talk, and pleasantries their primitive selves — Hetty and Maggie — step forward and speak what they will not: rivalry, longing, fear, hunger. A Drama in One Act. A century before the mental-health crisis we name today, Gerstenberg put the divided self on stage. Overtones is a portrait of every person who edits themselves into something palatable — and pays for it in private.
He Said She Said (1923) – THE WHISPER
A Whisper to Wildfire
Mrs. Packard arrives at Mrs. Enderby’s for an afternoon visit and casually drops a piece of gossip about Mrs. Enderby’s husband. The remark is repeated, distorted, and weaponised — each retelling further from what was actually said. A comedy in One Act.Swap the drawing-room for a group chat and nothing has changed. He Said and She Said is a social-media pile-on, a century early — a 1923 study of how a community manufactures and spreads its own version of the truth, eerily prescient of today’s trolling, viral lies, and the cost of being talked about.
A raw, intimate evening about the masks we wear in public — and the rumours that travel between us once we leave the room.
Opens 1st of September 2026
