Encounters

A double bill of plays: Dry Ice by Sabrina Mahfouz and You're Not Like the Others Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton Tue 8 - Sat 12 May, 2012

Meet Bush Associate Artists Sabrina Mafhouz and Caroline Horton in these two intimate, frankly spoken and wildly funny solo shows performed over one evening.

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton
January 1945. Paris has been liberated. Christiane, an eccentric and acutely myopic Parisian waits at Gare Du Nord for a ticket to England to be reunited with her fiancé. Whilst she waits, this gloriously irrepressible mademoiselle recounts the story of her love affair with Cyril, a tongue-tied English teacher from Staffordshire.

A fond, comical and ultimately poignant portrait of one woman’s experience of love and war. Best Solo Performer, The Stage Awards 2010.

Created and performed by Caroline Horton. Commissioned by China Plate, Warwick Arts Centre and mac birmingham

Dry Ice by Sabrina Mahfouz
Meet Nina, a 24-year-old stripper on the edge; her half-art-half-drug dealing boyfriend, and 18 other eccentrically entertaining characters from the world of surreal, sleazy, velvety strip-clubs and gentrified London dinner parties.

Dry Ice is a début solo show from the award-winning playwright and poet Sabrina Mahfouz. Mahfouz worked as a waitress in a strip-club for 5 years. But Dry Ice is not just a strip club exposé - it’s a story of a young girl trying to find her place in the world. It is also quite funny. Recommended for ages 15+

Developed with David Schwimmer, High Tide, Genesis Lab, New Wimbledon Fresh Ideas

 

What the papers say

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You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

"A one woman tour de force"

Whatsonstage

Dry Ice

"In a different league...astonishing"

The Times

creatives

Playwright and Performer, - Sabrina Mahfouz
Director, Dry Ice - David Schwimmer
Costume Design, Dry Ice - Molly Rowe
Original Music - Blanche McIntyre
Playwright and Performer, You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy - Caroline Horton
Director - Omar Elerian
Dramaturg & Assistant Director - Clare Betney
Lighting Designer - Ben Pacey

 

details

Dates - 8 – 12 May
Tues - Sat - 7.30pm £24 (£12 concessions)
Saturday Matinee - 12 May, 2.30pm £18 (£10 concessions
Wednesday Matinee - 9 May 2.30pm £18 (£10 concessions)
Equity Night - 9 May, £18 for Equity Members
Under 26 Tickets - Limited £10 tickets are available on all performances. Just use the code U26/2012 when booking (subject to availability, proof of age required)
Running time - Approximately 2 hours plus a 10 minutue interval