Theatre review: Have I Told You I'm Writing a Play About My Vagina?, Paradise in Augustine's, Edinburgh
Have I Told You I'm Writing a Play About My Vagina?, Paradise in Augustine's, Edinburgh * * *
It tells of Bea, played by Christelle Elwin, who suffers from vaginismus, a condition which might be described as a fear of penetration, leading to an involuntary tightening of the vagina and a difficulty in having sex.
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Hide AdFor Bea, a young woman who has just started university and is keen to explore her sexuality, albeit with men she might not know, the condition seems impossible to overcome, and leads her to believe she may never be able to get married or have children. Instead she makes a habit of snatched moments of intimacy in nightclubs, and then disappearing.
Fortunately Bea’s best friend is alongside her all the way; her own personified vagina itself, played by Lottie Amor in a pink tutu, who narrates in an amusing internal monologue (on Bea’s first crush Josh coming to stay, for example: “she’s had a haircut, I’ve had a haircut…”).
Until 25 August