NIMROD

By Phinneas Kiyomura

Directed by Mimi Collins

Produced by Bespoke Plays London

Union Theatre - London - September 2025

This is the first staged reading in the UK of Phinneas Kiyomura’s play, with Kirsten Vangsness reprising her acclaimed role as the titular Nimrod. Produced by Bespoke Plays London, NIMOD is the meeting place between Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and The Simpson Movie. It explores the breakdown of language in this tendentious modern political age - this age of stupid lies, un-fake fake news, alternate facts. and real bone-chilling tragedy. NIMROD is a brute farce written in verse! that follows an imagined final. year of an uncouth, bloviating, orange-hued president’s administration from the point of view of the beleaguered First Lady. This was a semi-staged reading which meant all actors performed with script in hand but the production included lighting, costume, sounds. We w ere privileged to be joined by Phinny Kiyomura at the reading.

All photographs used with kind permission of Gabriel Burns