Lady Dealer
Cast: 1f (additional cast possible, up to 2f 3m)
Staging: Minimal requirements
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
10 Aug 2023Size: 198mm x 129mm
10 Aug 2023
Lady Dealer
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Bush Theatre, London (Studio)
From Wed 15 May 2024 to Sat 15 Jun 2024
For Charly, every day is the same. Things used to be different, when there was Clo, but now there isn't Clo, and Charly doesn't want to dwell on that. She just wants to chug coffee, blast Beastie Boys and deal drugs. Simple.
But when Charly suffers a power cut, she's forced back into the real world of knock-off Morrisseys, disapproving mothers and, ultimately, a world she has to navigate alone.
Lady Dealer is a mile-a-minute, one-person poem play by Martha Watson Allpress about forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation.
It premiered in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Note to Performers: the play is written to be performed by 1f, but includes lines for additional characters (1f 3m in addition to the 1f); it is at the director's discretion how this is conveyed.
'Today is going to be the same.'
'Pummelling, poetic and profound... one of the shows of the festival'
The Stage'A powerful portrait of a woman struggling for survival in a society beset by a terrible loneliness... searing and heartbreaking'
Scotsman'A cascade of energy'
Guardian'Raw, funny and undoubtedly human'
Theatre & Tonic'Delightfully playful... movingly poetic... holds the audience gripped'
WhatsOnStage'A real treat... energetic and captivating'
Broadway WorldCast: 1f (additional cast possible, up to 2f 3m)
Staging:Minimal requirements
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
10 Aug 2023Size: 198mm x 129mm
10 Aug 2023
Bush Theatre, London (Studio) Wed 15 May 2024 - Sat 15 Jun 2024
