Dates: 30/09/2026
📍 Theatre: The Atkinson
Carbon Theatre
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1DB
Merseyside,
Tickets: $12
I was 23 when it came crashing into my life; without warning, when everything was going so well…
A three-woman, one-woman show about Multiple Sclerosis. MS for short. Not to be confused with M&S or S&M.
Rae Mainwaring’s “glitter-fuelled pocket rocket of a show” (Watch That Scene) returns by popular demand. Bright Places is a brilliantly funny, and deeply honest, account of growing up in the shadow of chronic illness – and a story for anyone who’s ever searched for joy in the hardest of times.
Expect 90s pop, a costume box and a whole heap of glitter in a “reflective yet raucous play about living with MS” (The Guardian).
We are proud to be working with charity partner, Shift.ms: the digital community for people with MS.
Presented by Carbon Theatre supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The play was originally commissioned by Birmingham Rep in 2020, with generous support from the Barry Jackson Trust.
Bedazzled with sequins and bouncing with 90s pop, Bright Places is a technicolour journey through a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. Heaps of educational fun, it imbues what is at its core a tough, life-altering experience with energy and creativity.
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