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Blackeyed Theatre presents

 

Effie's Burning
by Valerie Windsor

Director Mark Holliday
Cast Lin Blakley, Gerri Farrell
 

Home Counties Tour: February/March 2004

 

Dr Ruth Kovacs is harassed - not only is she desperately trying to keep up with her fellow medical students and deal with her pompous and bullying consultant Mr Jessop-Brown, she has been given responsibility for a new and decidedly un-cooperative patient on the ward. Namely Effie Palmer, a 64-year old lady with a mental age of 10, who has been admitted to hospital suffering from severe burns after setting fire to the bed in her residential home. As the two women build a relationship, Doctor Kovacs begins to uncover a background of injustice, bigotry and callousness that will change her life forever. Telling the heart-wrenching story of Effie's life, Valerie Windsor’s play is a funny, poignant and extremely moving piece of theatre.

“Rarely have I sat through a play that had such an impact long after leaving the theatre as this stunning little one by Valerie Windsor”
Reading Chronicle

“The production is the calling card of a locally-based company which plans to concentrate on challenging drama – it is a very encouraging debut”
The Stage

“beautifully performed by Lin Blakley and Gerri Farrell, and so sensitively directed by Mark Holliday… Eat your heart out Holby City, this was live theatre, and this is where it is at”
Bordon Herald