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Supposing: at Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe review
['Alex Wood']
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There is a subtle, slow-burning power to the word premiere of Zinnie Harris’s Supposing: at the Traverse Theatre.
Modern-day Cassandra Sally, played for the most part with brilliant precision by Nicole Cooper, is our guide through this surreal nightmare.
“I’m a rational person, I used to be a manager for f**k’s sake,” she exclaims – the three words “used to be” turning the sentence on its head.
Centred on a single white circle and a small, inconsequential lamp, the design lets simple, subtle details do heavy emotional lifting.
In a blistering, incisive moment, Sally asks what if a man had been given this gift, exposing how her status as a woman turns foresight into a curse.