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Maddie, fifty, invites you into the intimacy of her dressing room for a conversation. Open yet guarded, the pieces gradually reveal a portrait of a flawed, funny, resilient and very real woman. From marauding rats to dishy vets, unfaithful husbands to a haunting photograph of a happy young woman frozen in time, your evening immersed in her world will be joyful, ridiculous, uncomfortable and heartbreaking. Always living through cinema, is Maddie more Dirk Bogarde or Vivien Leigh? James Dean or Julie Christie? Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a... you get the picture.

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Author: Hugo Blick

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Archive listings for Up in Town (2022)

Work type: Play.

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Originally a television series starring Joanna Lumley, Hugo Blick's (Emmy-Nominated, The Honourable Woman) Up in Town honestly portrays an older woman's appeal to be visible. Marking the twentieth anniversary of the broadcast, join us for David Fairs' new stage adaptation, performed by Priti Colbeck.Producer Priti Colbeck. Director David Fairs. Stage ManagerConor O'Kane. Performer Priti Colbeck (Maddie Blakelock).

10 Apr 22 to 18 Apr 22

The Hope Theatre, Inner London :: V0719079091
listing details L21052542

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