LIFE

Estelle models for The Artist.

Despite decades of experience, she has never sat for a session like this and with such an outcome, both unexpected, yet perhaps strangely inevitable.

But she can’t stand sitting any longer. She needs to tell her story. Is it all true? And what is her relationship with the mysterious artist? How does this class change Estelle’s life forever?

LIFE is set in a drawing class. There is a gentle invitation for audience to draw or doodle during the show, or simply watch the story emerge. Pencil and paper and paper are provided. Four on-stage tickets are available seated at easels.

LIFE is an exciting new work from Maria MacDonell (Miss Lindsay’s Secret) performed with Leo MacNeill (Them is Brothers), directed by Ben Harrison (Grid Iron)

Easel Seats

Four on-stage tickets are available seated at easels. These are shown on the seating plan on the stage as seats ZA-ZD. If booking these seats you will be on stage for the entire performance.

LIFE contains mild swearing, themes of a sexual nature, references to death, sexual, domestic, and physical violence. Whilst LIFE deals with difficult themes, it is portrayed in a humorous and entertaining way. LIFE does not contain nudity.


  North West End UK

  Corr Blimey Review

  Edinburgh Guide

"I loved the drawing and the invitation to draw. Poignant, moving, relevant"
-   Audience Feedback

"really absorbing show- loved the combination of drawing and being drawn in"
-   Audience Feedback

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