“You’ve never seen Grease? Are you kidding? Ok. So there’s this guy and this girl…”
The promotion for this play coming to Brockley next month is slightly baffling, but perhaps that is deliberate.
Henri Merriam’s one woman play ‘There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention’ comes to the Jack Studio as part of a UK tour, and is presented by award-nominated Play Nicely Theatre.
In their trailer the actress says she has undergone a self-diagnosis on Google and is suffering from ‘an acute case of relationship hypochondria’, which she admits is painful for her friends.
The central theme of the play is love, but not as we are supposed to view it in the likes of Grease. The main character in this play “doesn’t fit the role. She needs to rewrite her part. So she can be seen.”
Play Nicely Theatre was founded to tell stories old and new. They are returning to the Jack Studio following their hit 2023 tour of Splinter, which was a finalist in the London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Awards.
Director: Sophia Capasso. Cast: Henri Merriam.
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2DH from Wednesday 11th – Saturday 13th June 2025 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £16, £14 concessions (suitable for 14+).
Booking: www.brockleyjack.co.uk or 0333 666 3366 (£1.80 fee for phone bookings only)
https://www.playnicelytheatre.com/
