WORLD PREMIERE: A story of type 1
diabetes, injections, caring for each other, and eating a whole bloody cake if
you want to.
Jade
Byrne in association with Little Mighty presents
Pricks
Durham Gala Friday 8th
June 2018
Newcastle Alphabetti Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th June 2018
Darlington Jabberwocky Market Saturday 23rd June 2018
Written
and performed by Jade Byrne
Co-directed
by Ruth Johnson & Annie Rigby
Jade Byrne is an
actress with type 1 diabetes, which is not type 2 diabetes. Over the past 29 years,
she’s had
over 70,000 pricks (of the medical kind), and she’d like to set the record
straight: she’s not bankrupting the NHS, and she Can Eat Cake. From her own
experience and with the support of JDRF, the world’s leading type 1 diabetes
research charity, she aims to clear up some of the common misconceptions,
misunderstandings and misdiagnoses’ around the disorder. Using spoken word,
poetry, projection and an original soundscape, Jade tells her story about
families, learning to care for each other better, and the ups and downs of
dealing with a lot of pricks.
Jade said, “Being a Type 1 Diabetic for almost 29 years I've come across a lot of
misconceptions, misunderstandings and people who have been misdiagnosed and my
aim is for Pricks to remove the 'mis' in these terms. It was the right time for
me to make my own show and this is what the show had to be. I work with so many
medical professionals who have helped me grow my seed of an idea into this
wonderful live performance and all of the other frustrated Type 1's, like me,
who I've met along the way have totally inspired me. I'm just so grateful I now
have the platform to spread the message far and wide. Type 1 Diabetes is
typically not the Diabetes talked about it in the press, it's totally different
to Type 2, but let Pricks tell you all the rest.”
Jade Byrne is
an actress who has toured with Northern Stage, Company of Angels and Open Clasp
Theatre Company. For TV her roles include Casualty
(BBC), Inspector George Gently (BBC), The Dumping Ground (CBBC) and Mount Pleasant (Sky Living) She is an
Associate of Luxi Ltd and has helped deliver Battersea Arts Centre’s
Collaborative Touring Network in Darlington, Jabberwocky Market, for 4 years. She
is Jabberwocky Markets Artist in Residence this season.
LittleMighty
is an independent producer based in Leeds that works nationally with remarkable
artists to make brilliant theatre happen. Their
previous work includes Silent Uproar’s multi-award winning A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad); Unfolding Theatre’s Lands of Glass and Putting the Band Back Together (Journal Culture Awards: Best
Performance); and Testament’s WOKE
(co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse, Royal Exchange Manchester, The
Roundhouse and Camden People’s Theatre).
On The Web:
@LittleMightyUK
@JadeByrne_Actor
Instagram @pricksplay
Facebook @pricksplay
Cast & Creatives
Written
and performed by Jade Byrne
Co-directed
by Ruth Johnson and Annie Rigby
Set
design by Alison Ashton
Sound
design by Nick John Williams
Movement
Director Catherine Muckle
Stage
manager and lighting design by Tory Copeland
Produced by Dick Bonham for LittleMighty
Previews
8
June Gala Theatre, Durham - 7pm Pay
what you decide
13
– 14 June Alphabetti Theatre - 7:30pm Pay what you decide
To
reserve tickets: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/whats-on-menu/coming-up/17-whats-on-articles/288-pricks
23
June Jabberwocky Market,
Darlington - 4:30pm Pay
what you decide
Development
supported by Gala Theatre Durham, Jabberwocky Market and Alphabetti Theatre.
Supported by JDRF, the world's leading type 1 diabetes research charity
Edinburgh Festival:
The Cellar, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ (Venue 33)
1 – 27 Aug (not 8, 15 & 22), 15.40 (17:00)
Previews 1 – 3 Aug
Previews 1 – 3 Aug: £6.50
4 – 27: £11 - £8.50
www.pleasance.co.uk | 0131 650 4199
Running Time: 1hr
Suitable for ages 12+
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