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Spin Cycle

 
Olivia Thompson Review by Olivia Thompson 5 Published: 17 Aug 2025 Etcetera Theatre Show Dates: 16 Aug 2025-23 Aug 2025

As the audience enters the theatre – in this case, the Etcetera Theatre, an intimate performance space above the Oxford Arms in Camden – they are greeted by the soft glow of a pair of washing machines. Their lights shift in different colours with the hypnotic coolness of a lava lamp. What at first seems like a playful visual flourish soon reveals itself as something more layered. In Bezerk Theatre’s Spin Cycle, this is no ordinary launderette but a space where memories, relationships and emotions are rinsed, wrung out and re-examined.

A compelling meditation on love, loss, and the messy, cyclical nature of relationships

Two strangers meet at the threshold between clean and dirty laundry, both literally and figuratively. Noel (Rhiannon Bell) quickly draws the attention of Kit (Zofia Zerphy), and the two fall into a rapport that is equal parts flirtation and curiosity. Their banter is easy; what begins as casual small talk soon deepens into unusual revelations. The coincidences in their experiences, particularly in matters of love and heartbreak, start to feel less like chance and more like inevitability. This is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind combined with the launderette meet-cute from Baby Driver. Yet in this case, the script avoids focusing on the “why” of Noel and Kit’s apparent amnesia. Instead, it asks the harder question: “What is there to say now?”

Zerphy and Bell exude excellent chemistry. Their performances maintain a gripping rhythm throughout, sliding effortlessly between flirtatious exchanges and raw vulnerability. The dialogue, penned by Zerphy, is witty and personable, hitting the playful beats of a romcom before veering into heavier emotional terrain. It is at once familiar and dreamlike, offering a compelling meditation on love, loss and the messy, cyclical nature of relationships.

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Kitt can be a bit of a bitch sometimes. Noel can be an asshole. But they loved each other, once. Why don’t they anymore? And why don’t they even recognize one another?Noel and Kitt enter a Launderette, but as their eyes meet, they can’t quite place where they know each other from. Over the next hour, they air their dirty laundry, chatting shit about their exes without realizing they're talking to the very same. As their clothes get sudsy, they discover more about each other, and the life they shared, until they start to remember who they were (or are) to each other.Memory is a tricky thing- it can make us forget things it deems painful. But what happens when we come face to face with those memories? How hard will your mind work to keep you in the dark?Spin Cycle is a queer love story about the space between loving someone and not, forgetting and remembering, and dirty and clean clothes. It is a bittersweet, absurdist piece that delves into a complex relationship and explores how love can affect someone long after it is forgotten.