Gwyneth Paltrow court docket case’s ‘ridiculousness made it charming’, say creators of recent play

It lifted the lid on a world of superstar and privilege – thrilling the web.

Now the weird court docket case which saw Gwyneth Paltrow sued over a skiing accident has been become a brand new stage present after its writers recognised proceedings final March had been “solid gold for theatre”.

Tasked with embodying Paltrow, Linus Karp – one half of the award-winning duo Awkward Productions – advised Sky News the thought took place after he was “taken by the trial and the ridiculousness of it.”

“An Oscar-winning actress, Goop’s founding queen, put in a courtroom in Utah having this man who is quite far from a Hollywood celebrity accusing her of these things… the silliness of it in a courtroom where everything is taken so seriously.

“The ridiculousness of it simply made it so charming.”

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Joseph Martin performs the retired eye physician, Terry Sanderson, who failed in his try and sue the actress for $300,000, after claiming he was left with life-altering accidents when the pair collided on the slopes in 2016.

“It’s solid gold for theatre,” Martin provides.

“Regardless of what happened we are making fun of the media circus around it and the fun that came out of that.”

Packaging up in style tradition moments – recognising there’s a worth when some one thing goes viral – has given rise to the phenomena which are fast turnaround theatre productions.

This was seen solely not too long ago within the stage model of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ court case.

“In the world of 24-hour rolling news, social media and television cameras being in courtrooms like that, every moment is an instant meme,” Martin insists.

“It’s clicked instantly online, which gives you so much theatrical material to dive into.”

Gwyneth Goes Skiing runs at Pleasance London till February 2024.