ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS Comes to Camden Fringe

All The Little Lights, Jane Upton's award-winning play, appears for 6 performances only at the Tristan Bates Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe 2019.

All the Little Lights has been nominated for an OFFfest award for the Camden Fringe 2019.

MONDAY 12 - SATURDAY 17 AUGUST 2019, 7.45PM

All The Little Lights is a dark, comic and urgent portrayal of child sexual exploitation told from the survivor's perspective. The production offers an exploration of the mechanisms of abuse and the societal failure to prevent it, as well as a celebration of female friendship, youth and strength.

Lisa arrives at her 15th birthday party next to the railway tracks on the outskirts of a city, where Joanne and a new mate Amy wait for her. Only Lisa doesn't want to be there, and it seems like Joanne has other plans. Unbeknown to Amy, Lisa and Joanne have a complicated past, and this birthday could either be their chance for reconciliation, or a dangerous trap that will take Lisa right back to the place she had escaped.

Told with original music, video projection and movement; All the Little Lights opens a door into the minds of three young women navigating relationships with abusive men.

The production stars Lucy Mabbitt, a performer from the East Midlands where the play premiered, Erin Mullen and Emily Fairn.

All the Little Lights is directed by Hannah Calascione, Resident Trainee Director at HOME, Manchester and features original composition by Eric Fabrizi.

The company of theatre artists from across the UK met at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017, where they took part in the School's coLABorate programme which encourages the creation of new, collaborative work.

Written by Nottingham based, award-winning writer Jane Upton, All the Little Lights was inspired by a news story following the Rochdale sex ring which focused on an older victim who had been groomed at a young age and then later became a groomer of other girls.

While there is greater awareness around the issue, particularly since the 2017 BBC drama THREE GIRLS and the 2020 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse underway, the play remains hugely relevant.

All The Little Lights was Winner of the George Devine Award 2016 and nominated for Best Play at Writer's Guild of Great Britain 2017.

This production is made in partnership with Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is supported by Child Sexual Exploitation charity Safe and Sound.

PLEASE NOTE: All the Little Lights contains includes themes of child sexual exploitation and assault which some may find distressing. Suitable for ages 14+.

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