I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE to Make UK Debut

Starbound Theatre has announced its next production. I Will Miss You When You're Gone by Canadian Playwright Jessica Moss will make its UK debut at the Hen & Chickens Theatre in Highbury & Islington this September.

Celeste tries to contact her dead mother Theresa, but instead is haunted by Evelyn. Evelyn jumped off the top of her office building, run by Robin. Robin just wants to get these files in order, until the spirit of Theresa shows up. Four women and a Roomba will bring this lonesome country song about grief and bureaucracy to the stage from 18-29 September 2018.

Writer Jessica Moss said "I like shows that are fast, funny, and theatrical. I like when things sit on the edge between very funny and very sad, and between wildly imaginative and incredibly true. My ideal moment would be one where the audience was laughing hysterically and then spontaneously wept." Her previous credits include Cam Baby (Best New Play, Toronto Fringe 2016 and named Best New Play by NOW Magazine), A Girl Lives Alone (Best Play - SafeWords New Play Festival, 2017), Polly Polly, Next to Him and Modern Love.

Marta da Silva, Starbound Theatre's Artistic Director, said: "Personally I connected greatly with the depiction of grief and how it can take over you in waves, even long after the events that caused it. I also love that it's a play about women ultimately supporting and helping other women, and find it has an interesting approach to things like mental health (and even suicide). We live in an increasingly isolated society, in spite of digital connections growing every second, and it's easy to lose touch with real people, with each other. We'd like to spark a conversation and move people who may or may not have been through similar experiences."

Tickets are available for all shows from Tuesday 18 September until Saturday 29 September (7:30pm & Saturday matinee 3pm). No shows on 23 and 24 September.

Editor's Notes: Starbound Theatre is a brand new, international, London based theatre company focused on the theme of identity. It aims to explore who and what we are - as individuals, actors, and human beings - through human-led stories found in classic, contemporary, and brand-new writing. Additionally, it aims to support and nurture diversity in its work, and endeavours to celebrate women's voices both on and off the stage.

Listing Information

For ages 16+

Running time: approximately 70 minutes without interval.

Dates and times: 18-29 September, Tuesday-Saturday, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee, 3pm

Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul's Road, London, N1 2NA

Tickets: £14/12 (concession), Saturday matinee £9

Box office: https://www.unrestrictedview.co.uk/events/i-will-miss-you-when-youre-gone/

Cash tickets are available from 7pm at the box office.

Creative Team

Starbound Theatre presents I Will Miss You When You're Gone

Written by Jessica Moss

Directed by Yuqun Fan

Produced by Rebecca Dilg

Set/Lighting/Sound Design by Aiden Connor

Graphic Design by Ella Marke

Rehearsal Photographs by Petra Eujane Photography

Cast:

Paulina Brahm as Celeste

Marta da Silva as Evelyn

Tammie Rhee as Robin

Sharon Drain as Theresa

Crowdfunding campaign: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/iwmy-play

Social Media: https://www.twitter.com/IWMY_Play

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