Louise Marwood’s play heads to the theatre for limited run between 23rd to the 27th January 2024.
Following a three and a half year run on Emmerdale, Louise Marwood has written Rita Lynn, a play inspired by her own experiences of spiralling into addiction and is now to be staged at the Turbine Theatre in January.
Rita Lynn is a hilariously dark cautionary tale following Imogen, a spiralling addict, who is teetering over rock bottom. She has the lot – toxic boyfriend, weekend overdoses, waning dance career. In a moment of drug-fuelled madness, Imogen convinces a wealthy, depressed housewife that Rita Lynn, her recently invented alter ego, should be her life coach. Sounds like madness? It is, it was and it will be.
Charting Imogen’s descent into addiction we encounter an eccentric entourage of characters, Dexter – her lover and enabler, Melian – drag queen, prescription drug addict, best friend and Buddy – Dexter’s son and the real love of Imogen’s life.
As well as being performed by Marwood herself, the production sees her being joined by a selection of voice performances from the likes of Luke Barton (Busman’s Honeymoon Mill at Sonning, directed by Brian Blessed), Arabella Gibbins (Big Bad at Vault Festival), Tom Cottle (Comedy Bitch), Sophie Wright (My Mad Fat Diary Channel 4), Jonathan Broke (Comedy Bitch), Hannah Gittos (The Clown, T & Me), and the professional debut of five year old August Carolan-Dickens.
This production is directed by Nick Bagnall whose previous credits include: Hansel and Gretel (The Globe), Our Lady of Blundellsands, Sweeney Todd, The Conquest of the South Pole, Romeo & Juliet, A Clockwork Orange and The Big I Am – a reimagining of Peer Gynt, all at the Liverpool Everyman.
To book tickets visit: https://www.theturbinetheatre.com/whats-on/rita-lynn