Breaking Thirty's ROCKS AND HARD PLACES to Play the Jack, Now thru Aug 3

Breaking Thirty presents Rocks and Hard Places by Tanja Mariadoss, running today, 30 July to Saturday 3 August 2013. Performances at 7.45pm. Directed by Amanda Hill, the cast features Susanna Goldsworthy and Tanja Mariados. Creative team: pianist Alex James Ellison; and lighting/sound operator Paul Williams.

Tracey is a Switchboard Operator sick of working for The Man. Stella is an East End Fishmonger trying her luck on reality TV. Sarah and Sophie are estranged school friends attempting an ill-fated reunion. Mari makes peace at her mother's grave whilst Loretta gate-crashes her childhood sweetheart's wedding.

Separate lives. Separate stories. But what these women share is the strength of spirit and resilience to survive when the world is up against them.

Bringing together new writing with a selection of hand-picked show tunes, Rocks and Hard Places is a unique fusion of drama, comedy and music, packed in to an evening of theatre that promises to entertain. Rocks and Hard Places is Breaking Thirty's debut production.

Brockley Jack Studio Theatre is located at 410 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2DH. Box office: www.brockleyjack.co.uk or 0844 8700 887. The show runs 30 July to 3 August, with performances Tuesday - Saturday at 7.45pm. Tickets: £10 (all tickets). Suitable for 16+.

Breaking 30 is founded by East 15 graduates Tanja Mariadoss and Susanna Goldsworthy, Rocks and Hard Places being its debut production. Breaking 30 sets out to be bold, be brave and have heart. Life is so wonderfully absurd, humans so predictably bewildering and day-to-day existence so jam-packed full of delicious moments that sometimes the only way to understand and celebrate it, is to put it on the stage.

Tanja's first play, Carcinoma, was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Royal Exchange Award '06 and received commendation by Old Vic New Voices and BBC Writersroom. She has since worked with Walking Forward Theatre Company. Her play Wasted, an educational drama sponsored by Transport for London, currently tours the UK. Other collaborations include work with Stand Up Drama's London Bites, Page To Stage and Rogue Writers at the Canal Café Theatre. Her 15 minute monologue, I Just Called, reached the final of Off Cut 2010.

Her short play Let There Be was the winning play in the Audience Award category of Off Cut 2011, the full-length reached the shortlist for Write Now 4 at the Brockley Jack. Her short play Into The Light was performed at The Arcola Theatre at Miniaturists December 2011 and was shortlisted for Taleblazers at The Southwark Playhouse 2012. www.tanjamariadoss.com