Saving Myself
What do you do when staying present seems impossible?
Saving Myself is a powerful new solo play exploring trauma, mythology and survival. Set over one night, it follows Lilly, a young woman alone in her flat, surrounded by books, half-remembered rituals and an unlit candle. Since childhood, Lilly has been blamed for things going wrong, until family stories, superstition and shame have shaped the way she understands herself.
After a violent assault, Lilly reaches her breaking point. With no one left to turn to, she fixates on the idea that something inside her - a demon, an inheritance, or the damage left by trauma - must be destroyed. As the night unfolds in real time, she fights to take control of her body, her memory and her story.
Moving between realism, poetry, folklore, ritual and dark comedy, Saving Myself asks what happens when care is replaced by superstition, and what it costs a woman to save herself. Written by Tim Stubbs Hughes, directed by Julia Stubbs and performed by Jessamy James, this intimate, unsettling solo drama leaves simple answers behind.
20 South Street in association with Grey Swan
Writer: Tim Stubbs Hughes
Director: Julia Stubbs
Cast: Jessamy James as Lilly
Running time: 45mins
Date & Time: Wednesday 14th October @7.30pm
Content Warnings: Strong language, references to sexual violence, trauma, misogyny, social shaming, and coercive control.
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.
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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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