Dear Joanna, My favourite animals are scorpions
“What begins as an innocent form of courtship evolves into a subtle suggestion of the origins of incel culture” - The Reviews Hub
'Dear Joanna' explores obsession, innocence and growing up. The play follows two kids called Dave and Joanna. Dave is an endearing boy with a huge crush on Joanna. As the play progresses and they reach teenagehood, this unrequited love story takes a darker turn. 'Dear Joanna' combines bold new writing with a sharp exploration of gender, childhood and adolescence.
Joanna is hanging out with her best friend one day when Dave first sees her and is instantly besotted. Joanna doesn’t seem interested, but Dave is not deterred and decides to write her a letter. We watch as Dave makes increasingly bold attempts to get Joanna’s attention and things turn on their head when he’s enrolled at her school.
Julia’s writing replicates the vividness and immediacy of childhood experience. The play lands its audience back into the emotional intensity of childhood, reminding us what it was like to feel everything all at once.
Cast and Crew
Writer: Julia Rudd
Director: Elizabeth Laurence
Cast: Grace Maltman
Running time: 60mins
Date & Time: Saturday 26th @2.30pm and Sunday 27th @1pm
Content Warnings: Stalking, voyeurism, 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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