Low Level Panic, adapted and directed by Henu Baden and produced by Klara Robertson, is a character-driven piece that delves into the inner lives of three female flatmates. Situated within Cape Town’s socio-urban dynamics, the production foregrounds the immediacy and volatility of modern girlhood.

The play is infused with humour, intellectual sharpness, and the constant negotiation with a world that oscillates between possibility and threat. Frances Sholto-Douglas, Simone Neethling and Maya Boraine each articulate a different facet of modern femininity, illustrating the tension between self-image and social expectation and the negotiation of desire and autonomy.

Through incisive dialogue and sharply observed encounters, the production interrogates how “low-level panic” becomes normalised as an everyday condition, revealing the psychological and social pressures that accumulate in seemingly ordinary moments.