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Mess

BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), Inner London
From: Tuesday, 14th May 2013
To: Saturday, 1 June 2013

Our Review: starstarstarstarstar

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Synopsis

Welcome back, Caroline Horton - an extraordinary performer with a keenly trained eye for the unusual. Josephine is putting on a play - Boris and Sistahl help. It's about anorexia. But don't let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones). Today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room. Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed: a play with songs from the award-winning Caroline Horton.

Our Review: starstarstarstarstar

17 May 2013

Life. It’s a mess isn’t it? All those things flying at you: exams, and work and people and... and what if it all makes you just a bit too anxious? Just a bit too unable to cope. With the disorder. And the chaos. And the unpredictability of it all?

Caroline Horton (a 2013 Olivier nominee for her solo work You’re Not Like Other Girls Chrissy) and company welcome you to their production about anorexia. You are welcomed to this excellent show about a complicated and Mess-y disease. And you should know that it’s not about looking like Kate Moss and it’s not about being thin.

It’s about control. About knowing precisely when and precisely what you will eat. It’s about the rituals. And the feelings they inspire in you when everything else is fickle. The warmth that exudes from the piece heats even the loneliest moments that Josephine (Caroline Horton) inhabits in the depths of her anorexia. Even as it detache...

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Cast

Caroline Horton (Josephine)
Hannah Boyde (Boris)
Seiriol Davies (Sistahl)

Creative

China Plate (Producer)
Alex Swift (Director)
Fiammetta Horvat (Design)
Seiriol Davies (Music)
Andy Purves (Lighting)


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