Maddie Frutig, producer and co-star of new play, Go Feral Like The Big Dogs, tells us more about the show.
It’s written by Josh Gordon (who also co-stars), and directed by Poppy Sutch.
“Alex and Rachel are 2 corporate high-flyers who will do just about anything to get ahead, and when they find themselves presented with an opportunity to seriously further their careers, they face a decision which will change their lives, and maybe the country, forever.”
Where: Union Theatre
When: 5-6 Feb
Ticket link: https://uniontheatre.biz/show/go-feral-like-the-big-dogs/
Go Feral Like The Big Dogs is about corporate greed, something that seems very relevant right now. What attracted you to the play?
For me, I think that Josh wrote a piece that is very relevant to a lot of young people in this world today, feeling a need to join the rat race and sell their soul to the corporate world.
Following what you think is the “right” path for your life, or choosing the path that makes the most money, because it’s stable.
I don’t know many people who feel that it is their true purpose, but rather something that just feels like the next step.
So exploring these characters offered both intrigue and challenge.
Can you tell us a bit about the characters in this play, played by yourself and Josh Gordon?
Rachel and Alex are like caged animals. They’re driven, ambitious, intelligent and they have no problem stepping on others to get ahead themselves.
However behind this they’re lonely, incomplete, constantly chasing the unreachable. I think really, deep down they just want to feel normal. To be loved, maybe.
And that’s what drives this intense, insatiable drive for what their vision of success is. Because they don’t know how to be regular people.
How to sit back and enjoy a coffee with a croissant, get dinner with friends, fall in love, have a family, enjoy a sunday roast. And I think in moments they wish they could be someone else.
How would you describe the show and sell it to an audience?
The show follows Alex and Rachel, two corporate high flyers who find themselves with an opportunity to further their careers, but at a serious cost.
The show is, as it says on the title, feral. It’s fast paced, thrilling: at times really funny and at times really not.
It asks big questions about the corporate world, and human nature itself. I think audiences are really going to be on the edges of their seats.
We’re really excited to introduce this play to the world. It’s new, it’s fresh, it’s relevant, and we’re all really proud of the work we’re bringing to it.
Josh has written the play, and you are both producers on it. Are we going to see more collaborations from you in the future?
It’s an exciting thing to be able to make art and create theatre in London, and to do it with someone you really respect and love is so special.
Not all of it has been easy to get this play up in such a short time with no funding, but it’s been such an amazing learning experience that I am so grateful to do it with Josh.
Has the Union Theatre impacted on how the show has developed?
The Union Theatre has been so amazing, and to have access to this space for our play has really solidified the production.
It’s an incredible theatre and such a great performance space that I think it has raised the bar in terms of professionalism and excitement.
Sasha [Regan], who runs the Union Theatre, has also been such an amazing help, and we are so proud for our play to be debuted there.