Lady Dealer

For Charly, every day is the same. Things used to be different, when there was Clo, but now there isn't Clo, and Charly doesn't want to dwell on that. She just wants to chug coffee, blast Beastie Boys and deal drugs. Simple.
But when Charly suffers a power cut, she's forced back into the real world of knock-off Morrisseys, disapproving mothers and, ultimately, a world she has to navigate alone.
Lady Dealer is a mile-a-minute, one-person poem play by Martha Watson Allpress about forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation.
It premiered in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

About the author

Martha Watson Allpress is a writer and actor. Her plays include: Lady Dealer (Edinburgh Fringe, 2023); and Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man who used to hit her) (VAULT Festival, London, 2020; Edinburgh Fringe, 2021; Brixton House, 2022).

Summary

A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Watson Allpress
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2023
• EAN: 9781839042645
• ISBN: 978-1-83904-264-5
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, Playscripts