About this event:
Elsie is born in a Yorkshire pit village in 1936 and will never know another way of life. Gilly is the first woman in her family to go to university, enjoying every ounce of freedom the 70s has to offer. Frankie learns everything she can about sex from Judy Blume; in 1989, who didn’t?
This is a story of the horrors of moving back in with your mum in your 30s, of finally appreciating the best piece of advice your grandmother ever gave you and of extraordinary family secrets held across the generations.
After meeting women in London, Brighton and Leeds, and collecting hundreds of personal stories from all around the country in a new online archive, Broken Leg Theatre have distilled the contents of an astonishing research project into a new play.
Following the script reading here last year, and a period of redevelopment, the company have now secured Arts Council England support to tour the production in 2016, in co-production with us at Greenwich Theatre.
Click here to visit the project website and read some of the stories submitted during the research and development period.
the first time such a project has been undertaken, The Independent
The press on previous Broken Leg Theatre productions:
this sharp script had some great lines. The strength of the writers is in their ability to observe and replicate the humour of everyday conversations, The Argus
A warm, hilarious and touching tale, My Second Life proved to be a big hit: there was not an empty seat in sight…one thing is for sure, My Second Life is certain to please all audiences, Three Weeks
some fantastically funny moments… This was an engaging play, well performed, light hearted and full of comedy, Latest7
The humour is well-observed and pleasingly well-delivered… a joy to watch, Fringe Review
Telephone: 02088587755
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Website: www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk
Presented by: Broken Leg Theatre in co-production with Greenwich Theatre
By: Alice Trueman and Anna Jefferson
Performance times: Eves, 7.30pm; Sat Mat 2.30pm
Ticket prices: £16, Conc £13.50
(£15 and £12.50 tickets plus £1 booking fee)
Location: Greenwich Theatre,Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ES
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