Buzzing

When did you last feel alive? Fifty, frumpy and full of inhibitions, newly divorced Julie is searching for the sex life she once had, declaring, “I’m not ready to be put out to pasture yet!”

Hurling herself into the modern dating scene, Julie shares her experiences with raw humour and engaging honesty, introducing us to the range of characters who have helped (or hindered) her transition into an empowered woman living her life and having that elusive fun.

But what does it take for Julie to truly become herself, and does she have the inner courage? What is required of any man or woman to live their truest life in a world that wants us to settle for ‘fitting in’? Expect tears, truth and revelations aplenty in this warm and witty solo play which made a sparkling Edinburgh Festival debut in 2019, and now tours in this specially extended version.

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Debbie Bird is a remarkable performer and a skilled playwright…We cry with her, we laugh with her, and, most importantly – we feel with her. ★★★★ Spy in the Stalls

it carries a message that needs to be heard by everyone British Theatre Guide

The attention to detail in the script is impressive, balanced between providing a fully credible narrative and not being bogged down in minutiae… Interest is easily maintained from start to finish. This has, at least in part, to do with Bird’s storytelling skills. ★★★★ London Theatre1

Nothing is off limits in this frank, open, honest and heartfelt story Theatre and Arts Review

BUZZING PROGRAMME

Written & performed by Debbie Bird
Directed by Mark Farrelly
Sound Design by Colin Andrews and Hannah Gallardo-Parsons
Lighting Design by Mark Farrelly
Operator: Laurel Marks

Debbie Bird is the writer and performer of Buzzing, first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019. After leaving a successful teaching career in 2015 to take up the acting profession full time, Debbie has found success in immersive theatre performing major roles with Immercity, Lapland UK, War of the Worlds and Alcotraz. As a woman of ‘a certain age’ herself, Buzzing is her pitch to make the invisible middle-aged woman visible, vibrant and respected in the Modern World.

All her details can be found on her website:  https://www.debbiebirdactor.com

Buzzing is directed by Mark Farrelly (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton, Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Howerd’s End & Jarman)