The revival of
Our New Girl by Nancy Harris at the Gate was a welcome slice of the urban contemporary. First produced at the Bush in 2012, this psychological drama in which the idea that a woman can have it all gets a spectacular kicking. Directed by Annabelle Comyn, the show had a strong thriller-ish edge, with genuine uncertainty about how the story would twist. The dominant uncertainty was offstage however, and having opened in March, it halted its run early as the country went into its first lockdown. In the words of Druid director Garry Hynes, companies started “unproducing”, scrambling to cancel and rearrange their plans while at the same time trying to invent a new way of serving the theatre audience during a pandemic.