Domino Day is a brand new series created and written by Lauren Sequeira (pictured) and set in Manchester.
The series will follow, Domino, a powerful young witch, who is haunted by her need to feed on the energy of others. A hunger that only grows, despite her attempt to start her life over in Manchester, where she is desperately seeking a community who can help her understand what is happening to her. But Domino doesn’t need to try so hard as a coven of witches are already tracking her every move, convinced they have to stop her before her powers destroy everyone and everything around her
“Domino Day review – this fertile, fun witch drama is Buffy for a new generation
…This stylish supernatural show is a sign that women’s stories are finally starting to be told…Fertile, fun and…grounded firmly in reality…There is an African tribal aspect to Kat’s ancestors and their outlawed magic, while the Elders appear to be a white, western organisation, which brings ideas about colonialism, racial oppression and erasure into play…It is incredibly stylish without being self-conscious and it has energy to burn without becoming frenetic…treats male violence as a background hum that escalates, rather than a sudden, inexplicable eruption from nowhere.”
“Domino Day, review: this sexy supernatural drama will soon have you under its spell
…Domino Day (BBC Three) is a deliciously dark drama about 21st-century witchcraft. Hubble, bubble, there’s plenty of toil and trouble. Not to mention a supernatural amount of sex…Viewers are flung into a magical realm of grimoires and auras, of Lamia versus Obeah witchcraft. Suspend disbelief and it soon has you under its spell. Creator Lauren Sequeira wrote Domino Day in response to a lack of British supernatural shows… It’s a stylishly seductive setting, all warehouse flats and neon-lit nightlife. There are no black cats, cauldrons or evil cackles…enjoyed as a fresh, fun take on horror tropes.”
“Brit Witch Fantasy is a Sexy, Grown-Up ‘Charmed’
Domino Day…starts off as a Promising Young Woman-style vicarious revenge fantasy about modern dating…it morphs into a full-on supernatural drama complete with Elder councils, magical talismans, alternative dimensions, and covens chanting in unison around flickering candles and glowing orbs. Think sexy, grown-up Charmed…The show is using the supernatural to wittily describe the natural: the humiliations of dating, the power-draining experience of a bad boyfriend, the restorative strength of sisterhood…gives Domino’s journey an emotional realism that this genre rarely delivers…well-engineered for bingeing.”