Description
‘A riveting perspective on fallen hair, femininity and beauty ideals’ – Reading Feedback at the Bush Theatre
What did you just call me?
Meet Amy. Everyone wants to be like Amy. Well, they used to.
She won the award for ‘best hair’ at school three years in a row. Everyone swooned over her long hair. Before… Before her hair started falling out in all the wrong places.
Now Amy’s taking back her body and taking on the beauty industry… one eyebrow at a time.
Longlisted for The Victoria Wood Prize for Comedy, this ‘riveting’ one-woman play is about living with alopecia and fighting against beauty standards. Exploring desire, gender and body image, BASIC BALD B*TCH is for anyone who has felt afraid to be seen.
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‘A charming sense of humour ripples throughout the script’ – Reading from Papatango Prize
‘Truly impressed at how inherently theatrical the story was told’ – Reading from Hampstead Theatre
Content information
This show contains strong language, body shaming and body hatred; sexual assault and a parent with an illness.
There are also references to violence, cancer, alcohol, sex and fatphobia.
Key information, support and advice about alopecia can be found at alopecia.org.uk
Latecomers policy: Latecomers may enter in the first 10 minutes. After this point, there is no entry into the performance.
Supported by Arts Council England and Brixton House.
Creative team
Writer and Performer Emily Glaze
Director Sarah Stacey
Producer Iona Bremner
Dramaturg Maddie Beautyman
Movement Director Paige-Marie Baker-Carroll
Script Consultant Mandi Chivasa
Lighting Designer Catja Hamilton
Sound Designer Raffaela Pancucci
Set Designer Anna Kelsey
Show Filming ChewBoy Productions
Housemate: Emily Glaze
Emily is a writer and performer. After completing the Drama Writing course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, she went on to work in TV and Film Production on shows such as Hijack, Gladiator II and Star Wars: Andor S2. She first performed her show Bella Baldid at Soho Theatre in March 2024, as part of Drag Lab. She has also written short films and monologues for drama school graduates. Her script Mute received the Popelei Seed Commission Award, she was part of the 2024 Pentabus Young Writers Cohort and has been running creative workshops for charities such as Alopecia UK and Womankind.