INSATIABLE
A woman who can’t get enough.
Of gummies
Of wet dreams
Of Herself.
INSATIABLE (previously CONSUMED) is a titillating queer drama that creeps into the unsettling corners of the female experience where the boundaries between body and mind start to blur. In the fevers of addiction, lucid dreams and self-cannibalism, these women are consumed by strange sounds, visions and desires. Time, space and identity warp around them.
Are these intrusive fever dreams bringing them closer to their true selves ...or are they actually in danger of losing themselves forever?
HOW WE MADE THE SHOW
Made of three short plays, it has a through line of a woman descending further and further away from the real, and getting closer to her own body as a result. It originated by the three members of the collective writing a short piece in response to the prompt ‘altered states of mind’ that we brought together into a show known as INSATIABLE (previously CONSUMED).
- Gummy Gummy by Clare Stenning is a sensory exploration of substance use and about the fine line between being high and being low.
- Lucid by Katrina Bennett is about a woman losing her grasp on reality as she obsessively investigates the vivid and wacky sex dreams she’s having about her flatmates.
- You Are What You Eat by Lydia Sabatini is a surreal piece of body horror telling the story of a woman who’s lost her body, and who can only get it back by literally consuming herself.
INSATIABLE is our first show, which had a sold-out week-long work-in-progress run at Camden People’s Theatre in October 2024. The run was ambitious, and praised in reviews for ‘unashamedly explor[ing] queerness and femininity in their messy, uncontained states, a kind of horror that derives its strength from just how real it could possibly be’ (there ought to be clowns).
Writer / Producer – Katrina Bennett
Writer / Producer – Clare Stenning
Director – Nell Bailey
Associate Director – Holly Cicely Gibson
Associate Producer – Brandon Sanchez
Sound Design / Intimacy Coordinator – Lilly Butcher
Light Design – Zazi the Artist
Set Design – Sasha Abela
Stage Manager – Sapphire Shoferpoor
JUNE / MABEL – Sophia Decaro
COACH / RUBEN – Hugo Papiernik
IZZY / WOMAN – Clare Stenning
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Reviews
Katrina Bennett, Lydia Sabatini and Clare Stenning, along with director Nell Bailey, offer up three distinct works. Throughlines are very much in evidence though – a surrealist bend to the storytelling, a shrewd study of the complicated reality of existing in a female body in contemporary society, a fluidity that is unafraid to tackle theatrical norms.
There Ought to be Clowns
Consumed is a potent portrayal of fragility and desire. Director Nell Bailey’s bold approach, alongside the powerful writing, invites the audience to be fully immersed in this intense exploration that is definitely a unique and memorable one.
Theatre & Tonic
A complex and powerful play, this leaves us with a strong sense of unease and revulsion while raising questions about self-harming and its therapeutic effects.
Lou Reviews
A triptych of short plays unashamedly explore queerness and feminity in their messy, uncontained states, a kind of horror that derives its strength from just how real it could possibly be.
There Ought to be Clowns
Watching the three segments of Consumed unfold feels like a gradual, intensifying crescendo. The work is well crafted, offering rich thematic exploration that still lingers after the performance.