REVIEW: A Play About Feet, Find Your Feet Theatre company, EdFringe 2025 ★★★★

A comedic reflection of modern life, with far too real consequences. 

Find Your Feet Theatre Company’s A Play About Feet follows the spiral of a young, relatable woman who watches everything she has slip through her fingers. As the play begins she finds herself with a simple but full life: a boyfriend, friends, family, and an unideal but workable job. It’s clear she wants more, but feels overwhelmed by the steps needed to get there. And so, she decided to take what she assumed would be the easy options – livestreaming as she tells intimate stories and sells photos of her feet. A compelling script gifted with thrilling stagecraft, the play is brought to life with an impressive acting range that drives both the comedic and the chilling moments straight home.

This show delves into a wide and bitter range of themes. As the story unfurls, it feels as though pretty much everything that could go wrong does go wrong, and so the show inevitably ends up in a very dark place. These topics are handled sensitively and although the main character is certainly morally grey in several of her choices, the show is careful not to put her at fault at any point. This play isn’t a blame game, but more a reflection, holding up a mirror to the distorted world we live in. 

There are interesting choices made in the characterisation within this piece. The personalities come across as larger than life – the aggressively defensive main character, dead-beat cheating boyfriend, overbearing sister, and brutally honest bestie. The heightened nature of the performance borders on being stereotypical, but as the show develops this style shifts into something more meaningful. The characters are both larger than life and yet still ultimately believable, all reflecting people we come into contact with in our everyday lives, and who are representative of societal issues that threaten the most vulnerable among us. 

The spiraling plotline is given a strong structure by the clean, precise nature of the transitions. When they are not portraying their designated side character, the ensemble clearly identify themselves in boiler suits and step into the roles of stagehands. There is obviously a lot of thought and intention in each change from scene to scene, with these anonymous stagehands working fluidly alongside each other in a choreography that supports and uplifts the atmosphere of the scene, sometimes remaining present and interrupting the scenes when this works as part of the narrative. It’s a clever and effective technique that ensures the story can be justified in its chaos. 

The show culminates with a chilling twist which drives home the point of just how dark and uncertain a place the internet, and the world, can be. Making use of technology, the group have a unique and captivating way of performing the final moments of the show, which brings everything back to the themes and issues that have been introduced throughout the rest of the piece. It is a very strong climax which leaves you on the edge of your seat. 

This play is a lesson on consequence and conscience, on weighing necessity against morality, and told in a style which is refreshing and refined. A darkly comedic and exposingly relevant show, A Play About Feet touches on just how unforgiving the world we reside in can be

Recommended Drink: Jack Daniels, straight from the bottle. 

You can catch A Play About Feet until August 23rd at Venue 45 at theSpace @ Venue 45 from 12:05 (45mins). Tickets are available through the EdFringe Online Box Office.