Susan Eve Haar's ECHO to run at King's Head Theatre

Emmie Newitt 13 June, 2025, 09:10

Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess, the production originally titled "Paper Doll" is heading to London after two successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and 59E69 in New York.

echo kings head theatre cast Kyle Rowe and Amara Okereke. Headshots provided by production.

Hailed by the Scotsman as "downright compelling", ECHO is a psychological thriller that explores the ethics of reproductive technology, the performance of intimacy, and the terrifying beauty of being made are thrust under the microscope for all to see.

Set in a secluded B&B in upstate New York, it follows a couple celebrating their tenth anniversary. As the night unravels for them, their romantic getaway descends into a surreal and dangerous spiral. Now two decades later, another couple enter the same room to scatter ashes, only to find that the past still lingers in the walls.

ECHO will star Kyle Rowe (Abigail's Party, Royal Exchange Theatre) as He and Amara Okereke (A Streetcar Named Desire, Sheffield Crucible) as She.

ECHO has design by Peiyao Wang, lighting design by Daniel Carter-Brennan, sound design by Julian Starr, video and projection design by Matt Powell, and casting by Nicholas Hockaday.

The production will play at the King's Head Theatre from 18 July to 17 August.