Would you trade five years of your life for the perfect body? A new play touring the UK this spring asks audiences this question and tells the story of one woman prepared to do just that.
5 Years uses hologram technology to turn the spotlight on body dissatisfaction and the effects it can have on mental health.
The show centres on Yasmin, a woman in her 30s who wants the life she has always dreamed of but that her XXL body doesn't fit. She is about to undertake a radical cosmetic procedure but it comes at a cost.
Writer and performer Hayley Davis says although the subject matter is serious, “it’s a funny, warm, show and uses some really ambitious, innovative tech.”
It’s directed by Rebecca Gadsby and supported by Sheffield Theatres.
It’s at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick April 28–29 and the Dukes in Lancaster May 4.