Theatre
Little Gem
- Artists
- Tawdry Lace Theatre
Love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes. Three generations of women. One extraordinary year.
Amber – just out of school, enjoys life, double sambucas and boyfriend Paul. Then the “indigestion” starts.
Lorraine – attacks a customer at work and now sees a ‘head doctor’. She’s told to do one nice thing for herself each week – so salsa classes it is!
Kay – finds life frustrating; her husband Gem is ailing and she’s missing more than his conversation!
Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem was the winner of the Fishamble New Writing Award and the Stewart Parker/BBC Drama Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2008. In 2009 it won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award.
“delightful… a play that, like its characters, gurgles and giggles with life even in the face of death” – The Guardian
“a blazing authenticity” –The Times
“Made me laugh and cry with pleasure… It’s a blast” – Time Out
Tawdry Lace Theatre return to the Alma for their fourth production following their critically acclaimed productions of The Cocktail Hour,The Night Before Christmas and Travels With My Aunt.
Oct 22-27, 8pm (Mon 7.30pm), £11.
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