Abi

Abi 

(Atiha Sen Gupta)

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After one of her regular visits to see grandmother Abigail in hospital, 15 year old Abisheera (‘Abi’ for short) decides to throw the BEST PARTY EVER at her Nan’s flat.

 

Struggling to face the imminent reality of life without the only family member she is close to, Abi throws her all into the preperations. But as she tries to clear her head and the flat, family secrets begin to surface. Will Abigail’s past threaten Abi’s already fragile present?

 

The digital life of millennials is brilliantly captured in Abi, a fresh new play jointly commissioned by Derby TheatreandQueen’s Theatre Hornchurch. This vibrant one-woman show explores how a fiery 15-year-old girl experiences modern society by delving into her realm of boys, family, partying, ambitions and social media, with wit and flair.

Trailer

Short Info

Premiere: December, 20th, 2020
Age: 14+
Duration: 40 min

Direction Team

Directors: Sarah Brigham, Omar Khan

Text and dramaturgy: Atiha Sen Gupta

Cast

Safiyya Ingar

“A delightfully enjoyable, skilled performance”
Broadway Baby ★★★★

“A refreshing and delightful piece of work with extremely clever references to the original Abigail’s Party … a top-notch play that explores with great complexity the perils of being young in today’s Britain” –Roy Williams OBE

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ConnectUp sets in place an international cultural initiative for the target group 12+ in order to counteract the process of increasing social and cultural division across Europe. To achieve the aim of cultural inclusion it is essential to provide opportunities for young people to actively engage with different nationalities, cultures and social groups and to remain open to other people and life experiences.

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ConnectUp is a larger scale cooperation project under the EU Culture Funding Stream Creative Europe for the four-year-period 12/2019 till 11/2023. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.