Midnight Movie
by Eve Leigh, German translation by Henning Bochert
Eve Leigh © Tom Penn
About This Text
Written as a piece of autofiction, Eve Leigh’s “Midnight Movie” tells the story of a young woman who suffers from chronic pain. She spends her sleepless nights alone on the Internet, trying to escape reality tab by tab and story by story. The author skillfully combines descriptions of her own condition with stories from various Internet forums. “Midnight Movie” is a text of great sensitivity and poetry and reaches people whose physical absence in the theatre generally remains unquestioned.
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Eve Leigh in a short film portrait by Juliette Hüsler
Eve Leigh in Conversation with Simon Stephens
The Royal Court Theatre’s Playwright's Podcast x Stückemarkt Artists. Special takeover/partnership. The Playwrights’ Podcast released a new series of interviews lead by playwright Simon Stephens with this year’s Stückemarkt artists. 5 new episodes with 6 writers.
Further Links
Read the transcript of the podcast episode "Eve Leigh in Conversation with Simon Stephens"
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