Edinburgh hit This Is Not About Me transfers to Soho Theatre before New York run
Hannah Caplan’s debut play arrives at Soho Theatre, 25 March to 18 April 2026, following a sold-out Fringe run and ahead of a planned transfer to 59E59 Theaters in New York.
One of last summer’s most talked-about Edinburgh Fringe discoveries is heading to Dean Street. This Is Not About Me., written by Hannah Caplan and directed by Douglas Clarke-Wood, opens at Soho Theatre (Upstairs) on 25 March for a four-week run before transferring to New York in May.
Billed as a two-hander with a meta edge, the play follows Grace and Eli, whose relationship shifts from intimacy to fracture and uneasy reckoning. In the aftermath of their separation, Grace attempts to write a play about what happened. As she types, edits and reframes events in real time, the boundary between memory and invention begins to thin. Eli, meanwhile, questions who has the right to shape a shared past.
Caplan’s script, described by The Stage as “a romcom with fangs”, blends live typing, filmed sequences and multimedia with a deliberately hand-crafted set. Towards the close, younger versions of the couple appear on screen, returning the story to its point of origin and complicating the narrative further.
Amaia Naima Aguinaga reprises the role of Grace following the show’s award-winning Fringe run. Her previous theatre credits include Dear Octopus at the National Theatre and Athena at The Yard. Opposite her is Francis Nunnery as Eli, a recent LAMDA graduate whose credits include touring with the National Theatre in The Left Behinds. The cast is completed by Atlanta Downes (Young Grace) and Aiden Follett (Young Eli), both making their professional stage debuts.
Caplan, a visual artist working across painting, ceramics and fibre art, also serves as producer and set designer, her material practice shaping the crocheted and sculptural elements of the design. Clarke-Wood, founder of WoodForge, directs and dramaturgs the production, bringing a background in multimedia performance and video design. Video work is by Iñigo Woodham-Smith, founder of Plastic Fruit Studios, whose credits span music and live performance. Danae Crawford is stage manager and technical consultant, with Kate Winters as intimacy director. The set has been created collaboratively by a team of visual artists including Alfie Bolton, Geneve Chu, Ruby Boswell-Green, Matt Lyons, Lolly Whitney-Low, Carol Wood and Caplan herself.
The London run precedes performances at 59E59 Theaters in New York from 11 May to 7 June 2026.
This is Not About Me
Soho Theatre (Upstairs), Dean Street London
Weds 25th March to Sat 18th April, 6.45pm (70mins)
Tickets: https://sohotheatre.com/events/this-is-not-about-me/
Elena Leo is the Culture & Lifestyle Editor of Ikon London Magazine.
