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Crackling with wit and sparkling with hope, This Wide Night is a tender portrayal of two women trying to start again.
It’s Lorraine’s first day out after ten years and she heads straight for Marie’s. Marie has finally got rid of her boyfriend who is still using and now she’s lonely - having Lorraine around for a bit might be just what she needs…
They used to share everything, fears and hopes, days and nights, but as their tentative new lives begin, sharing a room starts to look like a bad idea and the friendship which protected them both in prison now threatens to smother the little, fragile freedom they have found.
The annual commission from Clean Break is one of the toughest gigs a female playwright can get
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Written by Chloë Moss whose previous plays include The Way Home (Everyman Theatre, Liverpool), Christmas is Miles Away (Royal Exchange Manchester/Bush Theatre), How Love is Spelt (Bush), A Day in Dull Armour (Royal Court).
Clean Break, founded by two female prisoners in 1979, is critically acclaimed for its innovative programme of theatre productions, new writing projects and drama education specifically concerned with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system
Raw and riveting
* * * * THE TIMES
A compelling evening of theatre, packed with humour and poignancy in equal measure
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