REVIEWS
WINNER: Festival Spirit Award, VAULT Festival, 2018
The Stage “vital” ★★★★
Hiive “tender, stunning” ★★★★
Miro Magazine “honest, beautiful” ★★★★
Reviews Hub “haunting, essential” ★★★★
London Theatre 1 “timely, assured” ★★★★
Breaking the Fourth Wall “powerful” ★★★★⭑
British Theatre Guide “moving”
Medium "beautiful, magnetic" Maddy Costa
LGBTQ Arts Review “a revelatory performance”
Campus Society “courageous, not to be missed”
The Play’s the Thing “strangely beautiful, engaging”
Exeunt "a profoundly moving and sophisticated piece of theatre"
A Younger Theatre “political theatre at its finest: personal and responsive”
“A taut production… some of the best Vault Festival has on offer… impressive. … simple and holistic. … always engrossing… a sensitively-judged and effective piece... political theatre at its finest… formidable. … we all deserve to see more work like Foreign Body.” A Younger Theatre
“What makes Foreign Body such a profoundly moving and sophisticated piece of theatre is its combination of strength and vulnerability. … Butler-Cole performs rhythmic, athletic choreography in the centre of eight freestanding mirrors… a powerful metaphor for gaining and enacting ownership of your own body.” Exeunt
“What’s so beautiful about this show is that the woman’s body... is so present, magnetic, its curves, its sinuous grace, responding with subtle inflection to the voices that surround it. Look, admire, don’t touch.” Medium (Maddy Costa)
“a beautifully crafted performance piece… an open and honest account… effortlessly interwoven [with] an accompaniment of carefully placed harmonics … self-assured... Foreign Body cuts to the core with grace and reminds us to heal.” Miro Magazine
“A truthful tender story of reclaiming the body after abuse. A beautiful and brave piece.... strikingly simple…. one of the most truthful explorations of the subject…. restrained direction... a stunning soundtrack… this show will only continue to grow and charge people with the courage to speak out.” Hiive
The Future is Beautiful Podcast - Interview on Foreign Body
Soho Radio's Dojo - Interview on Foreign Body (from 35 minutes)
Auroville Radio - Interview on Foreign Body at Adishakti, Pondicherry, India
Review of Foreign Body at Natarani Theatre, Ahmedabad, India
Laughing at the Sky Blog - Interview with Imogen Butler-Cole
