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Mimi Thompson on The Haunting and Turning Period Taboos into Surreal Horror-Comedy
Read This Story: Mimi Thompson on The Haunting and Turning Period Taboos into Surreal Horror-ComedyMimi Thompson’s high-concept horror-comedy The Haunting returns to London this October to tell the story of a woman receiving blood-sealed orders from her own period. We sat down with the creator to discuss the real-world anxieties behind the play, the comedic genius of the pre-menstrual urge to slap someone, and how she uses hyperbolic horror…
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