Following a run of sell-out shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe and two London residencies, Rosalie Minnitt brings her cult comedy hit Clementine back to Soho Theatre for a final time, truly marking the end of the ‘brat summer’ but with a Regency twist.
An alumnus of the Soho Theatre Labs and The Free Association, this ‘hysterical, deranged and irreverent' Austen parody meditates on girlhood, romance and everything in between as Lady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find The One. When her latest beau goes missing, she embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill fortune. But with neither sense or sensibility, will our romantic heroine find love in time?
Clementine promises a kaleidoscopic concoction of historical anachronisms, TikTok sounds and misplaced pop-culture references and I'm told it's ‘Bridgerton for chronically online girlies' where the show cleverly show talks about the present through the lens of the past.
From singledom and soulless dating apps to womanhood, Clementine asks if we have really moved on all that much – we’re still obsessed with finding ‘The One', but do we actually understand what it means to love and be loved?
Creator and performer Rosalie Minnitt says: “Clementine is a comedy character I created when I was lost and heartbroken. I made the show that I needed when I was 24 and suddenly couldn’t get out of bed in the morning. I realised that the insatiable diet of Disney-Happily-Ever-Afters and bleached blonde naughties heartthrobs that I had been bingeing on since I could walk, left me hungry and angry. After I debuted last year, I got hundreds of DMs and messages and emails telling me about how Clementine made them feel. Women saw this show multiple times. Then they brought their friends and sisters and mums and aunts. One girl came four times and she wrote to me: ‘if someone asked me why I love women and love being a woman, I’d show them this show’.”
Venue: Soho Theatre Date & time: 11 – 14 August @ 9.15pm Duration: 60 minutes Price: From £17 Link: https://sohotheatre.com/events/rosalie-minnitt-clementine-2/
