BOG ROLL
by
GERMANY / UK
Premiere 6 September 2025
EMTA black box
A solo physical performance about grief, guilt and what refuses to wipe away.
Leah’s dad is in a coma, stuck somewhere between life and death. But in this in-between world, the laws of reality flush away – and where do we end up? On a toilet, naturally. As Leah waits for a sign, surrounded by rolls of toilet paper and existential dread, she faces grief, guilt, and the kind of questions that don’t wipe away easily. Because when life gives you crap… sometimes you’ve just got to roll with it.
Bog Roll is a semi-autobiographical performance about losing my father when I was a teenager. The performance tracks my own encounter with bereavement, but also follows my path from being a classically trained dramatic actor, to a theatremaker and physical performer.
ARTISTIC TEAM
THANK YOU
Dita Lurina-Egliena, Maria Papachristodoulou, Juuli Hyttinen, Charis Taplin, Ana Trif
PRODUCTION
CPPM | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Performance in English · 50 min · 16+
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leah Gayer
Leah Gayer is an actor, writer, theatremaker (RADA BA Hons Acting graduate) and co-founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Theatre Company of Sanctuary and registered charity, Compass Collective. She has spent the last six years working professionally in theatre and film, whilst leading Compass. The company supports the integration of young refugees and asylum seekers through high quality creative productions.
Available for touring · enquiries via Leah Gayer
Photographs: Kalev Lilleorg
Made within the MA in Contemporary Physical Performance Making
