Pricks: A play by Jade Byrn
Darlington actress, Jade Byrne, heads off on a special UK tour this year as Pricks, a medical play (with a difference) about Type 1 Diabetes, takes in a dozen dates from Hexham to Exeter Phoenix (on 16 May) and a few in-between.
At 33-years-old Jade has been an actress for nine years (appearing in the likes of Inspector George Gently, Casualty and Mount Pleasant), and a Type 1 diabetic for the past 30 (just ask her stage companion, Dennis the Menace, he’s been there from the beginning).
An urgent, yet funny, new, one-woman show sees Jade tell a warm, engaging and uplifting story with poetry, original soundscape about families and learning to care for others better.
Success has been so overwhelming that for one that made its debut outing at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, was lauded over by Peter Lathan of the British Theatre Guide, honouring Jade’s personal idiom as being the ‘Best Solo Show’ of 2018 after he witnessed it at the Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle.
Looking ahead to the tour Jade said: “I want everyone to experience Pricks and be affected by it, in a good way.
“I want to be able to educate through entertainment about what it (Type 1 Diabetes) actually is and I want the entire world to see it.”
“I love seeing the reaction from the audience at shows and it is a great night out.
“It’s funny, but will make a lot of people cry, happy tears as it’s everything I’d like myself from a theatre show.”
Beginning on April 25 Jade will take in Cheltenham, Leeds, Darlington, Halifax, Hexham, Exeter, Hemel Hempstead, Newcastle, Harrogate, Derby, and Doncaster before finishing at the Pulse Festival, Ipswich, on June 4.
Plaudits for Pricks include the following:
“It’s entertaining; it has humour and pathos, some anguish, some anger and not a little sadness but, ultimately, positivity and happiness.” – BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
Best Solo Show https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/the-best-of-north-east-the...
“…educational, heart-wrenching and heart-warming” - THE LIST
“A revelatory piece of theatre” – THE STAGE
“…a polished, warm-hearted performance” – THE SCOTSMAN
Watch the (Edinburgh Fringe 2018) promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=surpZaxJp70&feature=youtu.be
May 16 - Phoenix; Exeter
For tickets visit https://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/pricks/
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