Doing Time with Lavinia
Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle. The strife of ageing artists, most particularly women, facing unrepentant discrimination and harassment, and the resultant dysphoria and substance use, is profound. But Lavinia is the rare hopeful dreamer who never gives up on herself and inspires the audience to do the same. A one-woman show performed by Susan Campanaro that shatters genre as deftly as the title character severs the comic/ tragic line. Brimming with hysterical comedy, dark sensitivity and harsh reality, the play features a moving score by Lynn Portas.
Content warnings: Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes Contains disturbing themes, Contains mature themes, Contains violent themes, Everyone is in a Holding Cell Drunk Tank with me and will be asked to talk, respond and sing