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Breathless

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Ultimately, I realised I wasn’t just someone with a love of clothes; I was someone for whom things were causing distress and distraction. That’s the key difference between collecting and hoarding, I think. I couldn’t move simply between things in my home, struggled to find things, and regularly found myself feeling short of breath and anxious about what I was going home to. I was fortunate enough to work on some online projects, which was great. And some live work which was streamed. It's changed the ways actors audition and are considered for work. Some of that's good. It opens up casting to more actors (you can watch 20 tapes in the time you meet 6 people) but it's harder to get a sense of working with a person over a video call. So, I'm even more chuffed that Laura and Steph (writer/producer and director respectively) took a chance on an actor they'd never met. Based on her own experience, Horton’s beautiful script weaves Sophie’s building obsession and life story with the burgeoning love with Jo, whose wardrobe consists of an old school tie, three pairs of shoes (and one on we assume) and the bare minimum of clothing on one short rail.

Jo seems great and has taken a genuine interest in Sophie. They’ve been on lots of dates, Sophie gets butterflies and it’s obvious that the two have a real connection. There’s just one problem, Jo wants Sophie to invite her in. Laura Horton is Plymouth Laureate of Words, 2021-22, the first playwright and woman in the position. In 2020 Horton wrote and produced her first film, A Summer of Birds, Toast of the Fringe winner. Plays include: Labyrinth Diet, The Space, London 2021, ONCOMM winner; Triptych, Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2021; Giddy Tuppy, The degree to which this is a problem comes into focus in this solo show by playwright Laura Horton when Sophie starts dating Jo, the first time she has had the courage to go out with a woman after years of relationships with men. She notes with horror that Jo’s place contains little more than three pairs of shoes and an old school tie, a level of minimalism she fears will tear them apart.Heading to Soho Theatre following its Fringe First winning run in Edinburgh, Breathless is a funny, honest and stylish exploration of the knife-edge of hoarding, from the joy to the addiction and suffocating shame. From Laura Horton’s (Plymouth Laureate of Words) own experience of clothes hoarding. What happens when the things we covet hide us from ourselves?

Breathless is on at 3pm, Bunker 2 at the Pleasance Courtyard. There is also a podcast about hoarding we're dropping alongside the play. In Laura’s writing we see the adrenaline buzz that the character Sophie gets from acquiring the items of clothing, imagining herself heading out almost as different characters as she dons each new outfit. Perhaps, for me, it is just as well that I have never encountered the thrill of a Sample Sale! Working with Pleasance Theatre Trust offers us such a vital opportunity to support artists from the far South West. Plymouth is a vibrant hub of creative talent but it can be hard to export work further afield, so the partnership is an invaluable pipeline that offer artists exposure, support and a chance to present their work to a range of audiences and industry in Edinburgh.”Ben Lyon-Ross, Talent Development Producer, Theatre Royal Plymouth. Heading to Soho Theatre following its Fringe First winning run in Edinburgh, Breathless is a funny, honest and stylish exploration of the knife-edge of hoarding, from the joy to the addiction and suffocating shame. From Laura Horton's (Plymouth Laureate of Words) own experience of clothes hoarding. What happens when the things we covet hide us from ourselves? I will end this piece by adding that as a writer and lover of fashion, Laura dreamed of writing for Vogue, and thanks to this new play, Laura was invited to write an article covering the topic of hoarding which can be found online.I want to wish Laura and the entire Production Team a successful Festival run. My hope is it begins a conversation and opens up a much greater awareness into the often-complex mental health condition of hoarding, often with other comorbidities, just to complicate the situation. After Edinburgh it’s returning to two theatres in Laura’s native South West – playing at the Brewhouse Taunton on Saturday 1st October, and at Exeter’s Phoenix on Sunday 2nd October. The play takes vivid hold through MacMahon’s performance, which includes a small gallery of supporting characters. Among them are Sophie’s sweet, gruff father and her unflappably loving mother, whose warmth is as enveloping as a hug. Working with Pleasance Theatre Trust offers us such a vital opportunity to support artists from the far South West. Plymouth is a vibrant hub of creative talent but it can be hard to export work further afield, so the partnership is an invaluable pipeline that offer artists exposure, support and a chance to present their work to a range of audiences and industry in Edinburgh.”Ben Lyon-Ross,Talent Development Producer, Theatre Royal Plymouth.



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