Helen Hunt leads a brilliant cast in hilarious new satire Eureka Day – review
Eureka Day is a smart new comedy set in a liberal Californian school where the members of the Executive Committee continually attempt to out-woke each other; it’s such an aggressively inclusive learning environment that parents are requested to refer to their own children using gender-neutral pronouns.
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt leads the impressive cast which also features Kirsten Foster, Mark McKinney, Ben Schnetzer and Susan Kelechi Watson.
Following its debut in Berkeley (of course) in 2017, and a subsequent off-Broadway run in 2019, it has now opened at London’s Old Vic Theatre, directed by Katy Rudd.
It’s a brilliantly observed satire. The thin veil of civility between the privileged parents rapidly disintegrates in act one during a virtual town hall event, hosted by the Executive Committee, to discuss the school’s response to an outbreak of mumps.
