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Francesca Peschier


Francesca Peschier

Dr Francesca Peschier is a dramaturg, lecturer, writer and ex-designer based in the New Works department at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. When not writing about or watching theatre she concerns herself with back-combing her hair to Dolly Parton heights and trying to create passable aerial hoop routines to goth rock classics.


Articles by Francesca Peschier


The Theatre Snob’s Guide to Terrible (aka BRILLIANT) Reality Telly
5 February 2021
Features

The Theatre Snob’s Guide to Terrible (aka BRILLIANT) Reality Telly

By Francesca Peschier

If you’re starved of drama, Francesca Peschier’s here to show you the classic reality tv shows that will supply contrived plots, heroic journeys, and bloodthirsty thrills.


Storytelling adventures and critical hits
22 June 2020
Features

Storytelling adventures and critical hits

By Francesca Peschier

Francesca Peschier chats to a horde of theatremakers/dungeon-masters/rampaging orcs to ask what theatre can learn from D&D.


Edinburgh fringe review: The Last of the Pelican Daughters by Wardrobe Ensemble
28 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: The Last of the Pelican Daughters by Wardrobe Ensemble

By Francesca Peschier

A life contained within four walls: Francesca Peschier writes on Wardrobe Ensemble’s poignant devised narrative of homecoming.


Edinburgh fringe review: Fatty Fat Fat by Katie Greenall
27 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Fatty Fat Fat by Katie Greenall

By Francesca Peschier

A bumpy ride: Francesca Peschier writes on Katie Greenall’s tense show about her journey to body acceptance.


An Odyssey of Onstage Queer Orgasms
25 August 2019
Features • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

An Odyssey of Onstage Queer Orgasms

By Francesca Peschier

Francesca Peschier writes on the shows bringing ecstatic moments and authentic queer people of colour’s experiences to the Edinburgh fringe.


Edinburgh fringe review: Collapsible by Margaret Perry
22 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Collapsible by Margaret Perry

By Francesca Peschier

What word best describes you? Here’s Francesca Peschier’s interactive response to a one woman show about identity and loneliness.


Edinburgh fringe review: Phoenix by Richard Marsh and Jessica Sharman
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Phoenix by Richard Marsh and Jessica Sharman

By Francesca Peschier

“Love and tinsel town sleaze”: Francesca Peschier writes a country and western song in response to this solo show about music and fatherhood.


Review: There is a Light That Never Goes Out at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1 August 2019
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Review: There is a Light That Never Goes Out at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

By Francesca Peschier

Francesca Peschier has a conversation over voice notes with one of her very patient friends about technology, form, and what a very clever play about the Luddite rebellion can teach us about breaking the frame.


A transformative tour of Prague Quadrennial
25 June 2019
Features • Festivals

A transformative tour of Prague Quadrennial

By Francesca Peschier

“It’s a space built from light and mirrors and impossibilities”: Francesca Peschier takes you on a trip to Prague’s mind-blowing festival of scenography from around the world.


Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Crucible
1 April 2019
Reviews • National • Sheffield

Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Crucible

15 March - 6 April
By Francesca Peschier

Brutalist brilliance: Francesca Peschier reviews Chris Bush and Richard Hawley’s sweeping musical ode to Sheffield’s Park Hill housing estate.


The Extraordinary Bodies of Aerial Circus
19 March 2019
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The Extraordinary Bodies of Aerial Circus

By Francesca Peschier

“So how do we talk about the flying body, this body in space?”: Francesca Peschier interviews two female circus artists about objectification, challenging beauty norms, and soaring through the air.


Vaults Odyssey: Goths Underground
28 February 2019
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Vaults Odyssey: Goths Underground

By Francesca Peschier

“Bats! Gay bats! Bats in a freaking tunnel!” – Francesca Peschier heads underground in search of the campest, eeriest, and most shiver-inducing shows at Vault Festival.


Review: And the Rest of Me Floats at Bush Theatre
25 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: And the Rest of Me Floats at Bush Theatre

20 Feb - 16 March
By Francesca Peschier

‘a beautiful messy dance of instructions, rule breaking and expectations’: Francesca Peschier writes on the stage directions in Outbox theatre’s gloriously queer show, devised from the experiences of its non-binary, trans and queer performers.


Vaults Odyssey: Girlhood
23 February 2019
Features

Vaults Odyssey: Girlhood

By Francesca Peschier

Francesca Peschier dives into Vault Festival to find shows that explore girlhood, “like cutting through life with blunted scissors”.


Review: 9 to 5 – The Musical at Savoy Theatre
18 February 2019
Reviews

Review: 9 to 5 – The Musical at Savoy Theatre

By Francesca Peschier

Diamonds in a rhinestone world: Francesca Peschier writes on Dolly Parton’s musical theatre extravaganza.


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