Pricks, a show about Type 1 Diabetes written and performed by Darlington-based actor Jade Byrne, previews in the NE before going to the Edinburgh Fringe.
“I've had over 70,000 pricks—of the medical kind,” she says. “This show is my chance to set the record straight about type 1 diabetics like me. I'm not bankrupting the NHS. And I can eat a cake—a whole bloody cake—if I want to.
“It blends spoken word, poetry, projection and an original soundscape to tell a story about families and learning to care for each other better. Join me as I learn to cope with the ups and downs of dealing with a lot of pricks.”
Written and performed by Byrne, co-directed by Ruth Johnson (New Writing North’s children’s theatre tours , The Tinfoil Astronaut and The Owl and the Pussycat, both for Kitchen Zoo) and Annie Rigby (Unfolding Theatre) and designed by Alison Ashton, with sound design by Nick John Williams, movement by Catherine Muckle and lighting design by Tory Copeland, Pricks is produced by LittleMighty.
Pricks will play at the Pleasance Courtyard at 2:15 throughout the Fringe, but before then will preview in the North East at:
- 8 June (7:00)
Gala, Durham - 13 and 14 June (7:30)
Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle - 23 June (4:30 - post show discussion)
Jabberwocky Market, Polam Hall, Darlington
Byrne’s theatre experience includes work with Northern Stage / Company of Angels’ touring production Apples, which visited both the Latuitude and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, and Open Clasp and TV work includes Inspector George Gently and Casualty. She is also Associate of Luxi (which produces, promotes and presents arts and theatre in Darlington) for Jabberwocky Market.