Edfringe Hit GOOD GIRL Transfers To The Old Red Lion

Bold and provocative, Good Girl tells the darkly comic coming of age tale of GG, a
good girl who finds herself in a bad situation. Naomi Sheldon (Sex with a Stranger, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Pride) returns to London's Old Red Lion Theatre following a sellout Edinburgh Fringe run with this brutally open and hilarious hour of storytelling about learning how to live un-apologetically.

One of these days am I going to evaporate? Right here? Things keep seeping into me.
I'm not sure I have solid edges.

GG is growing up in the 90s with her three best friends. Life is an exploration of
snacks, music, vaginas and witchcraft. Only GG isn't sharing her secret. Her
experience of living feels too extreme. And the more she feels, the less she can
stay in her body. As her sexuality awakes and events shake her youthful
certainties, she learns to make herself numb. But when you switch off your
feelings, how can you make good decisions? And what happens if you're trying to
please the wrong people?

Good Girl considers what it meant to grow up dealing with anxiety in a pre-anxiety age, and opens up a wider dialogue about the female experience of friendship, individuality, sex and emotion. This semi-autobiographical story reflects on the dangers of defining ourselves by the opinions of others, delving into the conflict between the need to please and the frenzied faux feminist rebellion of 90s 'girl power'. GG's story brings together the gossipy teenage troubles of 'Clarissa Explains It All' and the pervasive disorientation of 'The Bell Jar' to create a piece that is at once dark, humorous and hopeful.

Naomi Sheldon's distinctive voice offers a vital new perspective to add to those of Pheobe Waller-Bridge, Caitlin Moran and Naomi Woolf. Her unusually inclusive and charming form of storytelling allows her to candidly explore sex, masturbation and mental health, evoking the most wonderful and terrifying moments of growing up.

Good Girl is directed by acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe director Matt Peover (Mr Swallow: Houdini, Nick Helm: This Means War, Jayde Adams: Jayded) and designed by Alison Neighbour.

IF YOU GO:
VENUE: Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NJ
DATES: Monday 27th November - Friday 1st December 2017
TIME: 7:30pm (1hr)
TICKET PRICES: £14 (£12 concessions)
BOX OFFICE: 020 7837 7816 / www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/good-girl

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