Clots
Meet Isobel, a recruitment consultant for recruiters, who is desperately trying to keep it together. Armed with a sexist boss, a passive boyfriend, his overbearing mother and a body that refuses to cooperate, she's one bad day away from completely unravelling.
When Isobel bleeds through her trousers during an important work meeting, it's the final straw. Time fractures, reality slips and we’re thrown headfirst into the chaotic landscape of her mind. Through rapid multi-roling, clowning, physical theatre, movement and direct audience interaction.
Darkly funny, grotesque and unapologetically messy, this one woman show drags PMDD out of the shadows and onto centre stage. Expect blood stained sanitary towels, uncomfortable laughter, absurdity, vulnerability and a healthy dose of chaos as Isobel fights to be heard in a world determined to minimise women’s pain.
A fearless exploration of what happens when carrying on is no longer an option.
Writer, director & performer: Freya Maclean
Running time: 45mins
Date & Time: Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st Oct5ober @7.30pm
Content Warnings: This performance includes themes of menstruation, bodily fluids, mental health struggles, strong language
Audience Guidelines
Latecomers will not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
The Bread & Roses Theatre is an unfunded venue that continues to operate on ticket sales only. Donations help support independent arts and theatremakers, an essential step in preserving the future of fringe theatre.
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Recently renovated, The Bread and Roses Theatre features brand new tiered seating, with 50 new individual seats, and a professional floor.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hire-able.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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