I, Joan, The Globe, review: The trans representation at a major London theatre history has been waiting for

By Adam Bloodworth Gay men had it in the 1980s and 1990s when two landmark plays, Angels In America and The Normal Heart, humanised the tragedies of the AIDS crisis on major theatre stages. And now I, Joan, a new adaptation of the story of Joan of Arc, feels similarly like a crucial and history-making piece of theatre for transgender and non-binary people. This is the first major London theatre production where a trans person is centre stage, in a main role. It could have gone so wrong. A first-time actor in their first major London theatre job, twisting one of history’s great heroines to fit …

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