Mannequim, co-written with Lexy Medwell, premiered at BilliLit in April 2025 before transferring to the Brighton Fringe in May 2025.
Mannequim is the tale of Micki and Lexy, two school friends who try to understand the confusing pressure of gender conformity as children and struggle to navigate gender identity nto adulthood. It’s a story of friendship, communication, failure, love, loss, pain and self-discovery.
Is it a play? Is it a poem? No! It’s a one-act ploem: a unique mix of dialogue, contemporary poetry and contraverse which explores the ways in which society attempts to define the way we are perceived by controlling and framing our bodies at different stages of life - and what we can do about it!
PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Brackenbury
Audience member at The Brunswick
“A brilliant writer and performer.”
Audience member at The Actors Theatre
“bloody brilliant and extremely moving on all fronts… Brava”
Audience member at The Actors Theatre
“Massive congratulations to the phenomenally talented Ted Gooda who co-wrote and starred in this thought provoking “ploem”. If you have views around the gender discourse it’s worth a look!
Audience member at The Brunswick
“Sensitive, optimistic, funny, compassionate, witty, thought-provoking…and even used a quantum physics simile accurately!”
“Beautiful, brave, intelligent writing, by turns witty, thought-provoking and moving. Perfect for that intimate little space. I drank in every word!.”
Kathryn Attwood, Lights & Bushels Theatre
“Thought-provoking and deeply human.”
Brian Butler, GScene Magazine
“An extremely honest play. The poetry was amazing!”
Audience member at the Actors Theatre
“Go if you can - talented writers/performers with clever, nostalgic and thought provoking material which is brought together beautifully..”
Audience member at the Actors Theatre
