BASED around found objects, a semi-autobiographical one-woman show at The Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre in Bordon, on April 21, at 7.30pm, begins by introducing the audience to a flat.
HIP?is caught between two timelines and personalities – the home of Anne Clarke during 1970s bohemian Brighton, and a squat established in 2002 by Jolie Booth who has brought this production to the stage to critical acclaim.
The story unfolds after a squatter makes her way up to a long-forgotten flat above a shop in the centre of Brighton. A flat full of someone else’s past.
A woman’s hip bone lies on the side among diaries, letters and clutter.
Addiction, sexuality, mortality, choices and enlightenment are all explored as the squatter embarks on a journey to discover how one might avoid dying alone and losing a hip bone in the process.
HIP transports the audience with a cosy living room set of cushions, incense, tequila and nibbles.
Jolie’s passionate storytelling interweaves Anne’s real letters and diaries with vestiges from her own life, to reveal an immediate and clear association.
HIP?premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 to rave reviews.
Tickets are £11, and £10 for concessions.
For more information and to book visit www.phoenixarts.co.uk