This Wide Night - Soho Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
CLEAN Break is presenting a new play by Chloe Moss, This Wide Night, at Soho Theatre – from July 30 to August 9, 2008.
Described as a tender portrayal of two women trying to start again, This Wide Night sees Lorraine released from prison and heading straight to Marie’s. Inside they shared everything, but they soon discover that the friendship that once protected them now threatens their new found freedom.
Lucy Morrison directs Cathy Owen and Jan Pearson.
Moss’ previous plays include The Way Home, Christmas Is Miles Away, How Love Is Spelt and A Day in Dull Armour. She wrote This Wide Night after working with inmates at Cookham Wood prison.
Clean Break was founded in 1979 by two female prisoners and is well known for its theatre productions, new writing projects and drama education specifically concerned with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system. Each year, it commisions a play by a leading woman writer.
In accepting this year’s commission, Moss follows in the footsteps of Tanika Gupta, Lin Coghlan, Bryony Lavery and Winsome Pinnock.
Tickets: £10, £15.
Time: 7:30pm.
For more information call the box office on 0870 429 6883 or visit the website.
Following its run at Soho Theatre, This Wide Night will embark on a tour – to Newcastle, Plymouth and to various prisons.