Awards

• Winner of Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2025

Overview

'Should I Should I keep going?' Meet Lauren: a journalist reporting on a high-profile domestic violence case with a growing sense of unease. Now meet Luke, whom Lauren has asked to tell her story. Lauren's been thinking about a series of sexual events from her adolescence, and something has started to crack. Are these experiences just part of being a woman, or are they trauma? And does Luke have what it takes to help her understand her own life? Powerful and provocative, Red Like Fruit interrogates the role and impact of men's voices in women's stories and delves into the many contradictions and complexities of consent, complicity, patriarchy and memory in the post-#MeToo era. Hannah Moscovitch's play was premiered by 2b theatre company in Halifax, Canada, in 2024, and was a finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It transferred to the Traverse Theatre for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 'Raw, painful and eye-opening' — Broadway World 'A bone-chilling exploration of sexuality, gender dynamics and authority... It's challenging, engaging and relatable. It's literally breath-taking' — Intermission Magazine 'Subversive, painful and gripping... Moscovitch forces her audience to confront their own prejudice. She asks us to question who we believe – and why' — Toronto Star 'A devastating tale of the background radiation of sexism and sexual assault that becomes inextricably baked into women's identities' — Globe and Mail

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Reviews

'Super-smart and devastating... remarkable' * The Stage * 'Superb... a brilliantly focussed exploration of the current post-#MeToo moment in gender politics... dazzlingly precise, vivid and thought-provoking' * Scotsman * 'Raw, painful and eye-opening' * Broadway World * 'A bone-chilling exploration of sexuality, gender dynamics and authority... It's challenging, engaging and relatable. It's literally breath-taking' * Intermission Magazine * 'Subversive, painful and gripping... Moscovitch forces her audience to confront their own prejudice. She asks us to question who we believe – and why' * Toronto Star * 'A devastating tale of the background radiation of sexism and sexual assault that becomes inextricably baked into women's identities' * Globe and Mail * 'Captivating and challenging... asks questions audience members of all genders will still be grappling with long after leaving the theatre' * Festmag * 'A quietly radical piece of theatre' * The Skinny * 'Astounding... a poignant, hard-hitting piece... cleverly written... at times sorrowful, at others comical... a true masterpiece' * Corr Blimey *

'Raw, painful and eye-opening' * Broadway World * 'A bone-chilling exploration of sexuality, gender dynamics and authority... It's challenging, engaging and relatable. It's literally breath-taking' * Intermission Magazine * 'Subversive, painful and gripping... Moscovitch forces her audience to confront their own prejudice. She asks us to question who we believe – and why' * Toronto Star * 'A devastating tale of the background radiation of sexism and sexual assault that becomes inextricably baked into women's identities' * Globe and Mail *

Author Information

Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright, TV writer, and librettist whose work has been widely produced in Canada and around the world. Her plays include: Red Like Fruit (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2024; Toronto & Edinburgh, 2025); Fall On Your Knees (co-adapted with Alisa Palmer); The Children's Republic; Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (co-created with Christian Barry and Ben Caplan). She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Trillium Book Award, the Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award, the Scotsman Fringe First and the Herald Angel Awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize administered by Yale University. She has been nominated for the international Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Drama Desk Award, Canada's Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, and the Governor General's Literary Award. Author photo by Alejandro Santiago

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