BearGirl
THEATRENew writing,Contemporary

BearGirl

Presented by Hey Thanks! Theatre Collective · UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND

Assembly Roxy · Roxyboxy
5 - 31 Aug
60 min · Age SIXTEEN
100% available

25 performances tracked

About the show

Bear suits, bereavement and big scary feelings... Oh my. When a grief-stricken widow struggles to cope with her husband's death, she finds comfort by donning a bear costume. Thus, BearGirl is born: an unfeeling, thick-skinned beast who doesn't care what happens to her next. But when the voice of her lost love starts to haunt her, she's reminded of a past mistake that she desperately wants to outrun. Can BearGirl ever truly disappear? Or will reality turn predator into prey? A new play about making peace with the beast within, written after The Bear by Anton Chekhov (1888).

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In the same orbit as

Fleabag meets Donnie Darko in a bear suitLike a modern Chekhov play directed by Yorgos LanthimosA darkly comedic exploration of grief, with a touch of BoJack Horseman's existential despair

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