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"Why aren't there more SF-themed plays in theatres?" asks new blogger Steven 🌃Gaythorpe

Why aren't there more science fiction and fantasy themed plays in theatres? Blogger Stev🧸en Gaythorpe discusses the one medium where SꦯF doesn't seem to have a decent foothold:

I know that many of Sir T✨erry’s novels have been adapted for the stage but I have only seen one performed and it put me off seeing the rest; it was diabolical, really put the amateur into amateur dramatics. I have always felt that the interpretations of Sir Terry’s work have never been able to capture the voice correctly, but this production took one o♛f his best books and did things that would be illegal if that book were a person. The rest of the audience, though, loved it and the theatre was full - but then most of the audience were related to, or friends with, the cast, so you would expect that!

This article is by Steven Gaythorpe, one of . Read more about our volunteer contributors in i𝓰ssues 181 and 182 of SFX.

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UPDATE
On a related note, the West Country's Miracle Theatre Company has been touring a version of Kurt Vonnegut’s which is coming to Bath's on 19 March. As SFX is based in Bath, we thought, "Hell, why not pop along?" so we'll have a review here after wꦇe've seen it. Also, SFX's Other Dave has a short, five-minute SF play on at the Rondo as part of an evening of one-act plays on 6 and 8 May, if anyone's 💛interested.

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