By Laura Horton
Directed by Stephanie Kempson
With Madeleine MacMahon
What happens when the things we covet hide us from ourselves?
Opening up to new experiences in her late-thirties, Sophie is exploring long repressed sides of herself. When a secret she’s keeping from those she loves, and even from herself, threatens to unravel it all, she must make a choice. Who or what will she decide to give up?
Breathless is a funny, honest, and stylish exploration of the knife-edge of hoarding, from the joy to the addiction and suffocating shame.
Originally supported by Pleasance as part of the Edinburgh National Partnerships
Theatre Royal Plymouth is a registered charity providing art, education and community engagement throughout Plymouth and the wider region. We engage and inspire many communities through performing arts and we aim to touch the lives and interests of people from all backgrounds. We do this by creating and presenting a breadth of shows on a range of scales, with our extensive creative engagement programmes, by embracing the vitality of new talent and supporting emerging and established artists, and by collaborating with a range of partners to provide dynamic cultural leadership for the city of Plymouth.
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"Poignant comic monologue [that] takes vivid hold through MacMahon’s performance"*–**The New York Times,*Critic's Pick
"Breathless is a perfect fit!"
"Horton’s writing is so deft and detailed that we barely recognize Sophie’s battle with the compulsion until she’s teetering upon a knife’s edge."– Grace Bydalek
"Smartly crafted, beautifully performed, and well-paced"
"An altogether intriguing, sympathetic, and engaging exploration of a difficult and challenging problem."– Talkin' Broadway
"Enthralls from beginning to end"
"Splendidly produced and performed"
"Experience it while you can!"– Broadway World
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