WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY ELISABETH GRAY
DIRECTED BY DANIEL ZIMBLER

AWARDS

  • Fringe First Award For Innovative and Outstanding New Writing
  • Must See List New York Times
  • Pick of the Day The Guardian
  • Critic’s Pick The List
  • The Stage Awards Best Performance in a Solo Show nominee

Quotes

“the incredibly talented writer and actress Elisabeth Gray”
– The New Yorker

"a poignant, engrossing work of genius"
– Venue *****

"a funny, moving, highly original piece of theatre that is innovative in its presentation, well directed, and fabulously performed"
– The Stage

"Startlingly refreshing and intriguing...Elisabeth Gray holds the stage and holds everything together with an intense performance."
– Theatre Guide London

"Wild, tragic, funny as French and Saunders...This comic treatment laced with dark moments sheds fresh light on a familiar story."
– The Scotsman ****

"A moving meditation on the difficulties of combining creativity and domesticity...Cleverly combining film with live action, the show veers wildly—like Esther's mind—between farce and tragedy... I left the theatre with a lump in my throat."
– The Guardian

"Elisabeth Gray is superb...Laughter through the tears...a faultless production"
– The Oxford Times

"A surprising—no, electrifying- evening of theatre...The best theatre burns away the dross of its subject and leaves the gold. This is the best theatre."
– David Hopes, Pulitzer Prize Finalist