JENNY ECLAIR LIVE AT THE RSC WITH “HOW TO BE A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN (WITHOUT GOING INSANE)”
LIVE AT THE RSC:
JENNY ECLAIR: HOW TO BE A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN (WITHOUT GOING INSANE)
SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER, 8pm
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
£17.50
Box Office: 01789 403493, www.rsc.org.uk/events/jenny-eclair
“Ruthlessly funny” Clive Davis, The Times
Younger than Madonna but eats crisps and likes wine, too young to die, but too old to stand near the edge in case she gets dizzy and falls over, professional Grumpy old woman Jenny Eclair visits the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday 8 October with her hit show How to Be a Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane). You are most welcome to join her - just button your cardi up properly and wipe that lipstick off your teeth.
Tackling questions such as ‘Is swearing better than crying?’ ‘HRT or boxercise? – you decide’, Jenny takes to the stage to explore some of the boll*cks that surrounds the ageing process: Why are so many young people idiots? Is Chardonnay medicinal? and how many episodes of ‘Bake Off’ does it take to lower your blood pressure? Watch a woman happy to have lost her dignity years ago lob a few grenades back in the face of ageism. Semi –bearded and suffering from outbreaks of gout and hysteria, Jenny puts middle age under the microscope and decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund!
Jenny visits the RSC as part of the RSC’s Live at the RSC strand, which seeks to offer audiences the best in new music and comedy. Past events have seen the likes of Al Murray, Rufus Wainwright, John Grant, Gaz Coombes and Russell Kane all taking to the RSC’s stages.
Jenny Eclair has been a stand-up comic since the last millennium: she was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award. Apart from the stand-up she is an acclaimed writer; her fourth book Moving was released in 2015 to critical acclaim and charted in The Sunday Times Best Seller List. In June 2017 she released a new collection of short stories called Listening In.
Previously Jenny has co-written and starred in Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain on Tour in London’s West End and has starred in a number of other West End productions including Steaming, Mum’s The Word and The Vagina Monologues. Jenny came third in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (ITV1) has presented on Loose Women (ITV1) and has appeared in Holby City (BBC One) and Skins (E4).
Other television credits include: Splash (ITV1), Celebrity Masterchef (BBC One), The Apprentice: You’re Fired (BBC Two), That Sunday Night Show (ITV1), The Chase: Celebrity Special (ITV1), Antiques Road Trip: Children in Need Special (BBC Two), Celebrity Fame Academy (BBC One) and Let’s Dance for Sport Relief (BBC One), where she reached the final alongside Susie Blake, Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson. Jenny has hosted her own show on LBC radio, and is a regular contributor on shows such as BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Just a Minute and 7 Day Sunday (BBC Radio 5 Live). Jenny Eclair is also the author of Chin Up, Britain, The Book of Bad Behaviour, Life, Death and Vanilla Slices and the co-author with Judith Holder of Grumpy Old Couples, and Wendy: The Bumper Book of Fun for Women of a Certain Age.
For further information and a photo please contact
Dean Asker
RSC Press Office, 01789 412660
dean.asker@rsc.org.uk
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