Salty Irina

I’ve got the world at the tip of my fingers, I’ve got the world at the tip of my tongue, I’ve got the world in my mouth.

After a series of racist murders in their European town, Anna and Eireni decide to infiltrate a far-right festival to identify the culprits. But when the nature of their relationship is uncovered, their safety is threatened. Salty Irina is a coming-of-age story set against the rise of the far-right, about two girls falling in love and fighting Nazis. Shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2019, Eve Leigh’s play is an urgent, poetic, kick-ass thriller for queer women.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere of the Broccoli Arts production in association with Thistle and Rose Arts, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2023.

Eve Leigh is an award-winning, internationally recognised writer working between theatre, screen, games, installation, and digital art. Works include Midnight Movie, which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre and was selected for the Berlin Theatertreffen Stückemarkt 2020; Wildfire Road, which premiered at Sheffield Theatres in 2023; Salty Irina shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2019 from 2,561 anonymous submissions; and The Trick, which debuted at the Bush Theatre, followed by a national tour produced by HighTide Theatre. She leads the first-ever Royal Court/Deafinitely Theatre writers’ group for Deaf writers. She was joint Jerwood/Royal Court New Playwright 2019, and the first-ever Artist in Residence for the Experimental Stage of the National Theatre of Greece in 2017.