WANTON
“It’s not a Woman Play. Is it?”
Sex sells. Women sell. Dead women sell even more.
As the cameras turn on, the world of entertainment is alight with stories of dance, deception, and Jack the Ripper.
Georgie Dettmer’s provocative new play interrogates our fascination with the exploitation of women’s bodies, asking who gets to tell these stories, who profits from them, and what happens when audiences can’t look away.
Wanton holds a mirror up to the stories we consume and the culture that keeps selling them.
SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
August 2026
Directed by SAMMY J. GLOVER
Set & Costume Design by CARA EVANS
Lighting Design by HUGO DODSWORTH
Sound Design by ELLIE ISHERWOOD
Photographs by SAM TAYLOR
