DocDoc Prescribes No Panic

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A farce about all our idiosyncrasies and foibles

Laurent Baffie’s worldwide hit comedy play DocDoc has it’s UK premiere at Churchill Theatre Bromley in partnership with the national anxiety charity No Panic.

Seen by over 4.3 million people in 37 countries worldwide since it was first written in 2005, and now performed for the first time ever in English, DocDoc is a hysterical farce which warmly and sensitively pokes fun at all our idiosyncrasies and foibles. Writer Laurent Baffie has experienced obsessive-compulsive disorders himself, and multiple cast members in this production also have lived experience of anxiety disorders.

The partnership with No Panic, a national anxiety charity and helpline which supports people with any anxiety problem (including panic attacks, phobias and OCD), aims to help spread awareness about the range of ways anxiety-related disorders can affect people’s lives, and the support available. Throughout the show’s run, DocDoc will be sharing details of No Panic’s services and resources with audiences and fundraising for this small, invaluable charity. 

In DocDoc, Doctor Cooper, a renowned specialist in obsessive-compulsive disorders, is running late. Meanwhile, he has a waiting room filled with patients desperate to be treated. First up there’s Fred with a bad case of Tourette’s, and behind him a growing queue of more and more challenging compulsions. Practice Assistant, Anna, attempts to keep on top of the mounting chaos whilst we await the good doctor’s arrival but, with the extended absence of Doctor Cooper, the group has no other option than to try their own version of group therapy, with screamingly funny consequences. 

DocDoc stars Sophie Bloor as Lili, Gareth Brierley as Fred, Ryan Early as Lee, Joanna Hudson-Fox as Blanche, Isabella Leung  as Anna,  Julia J Nagle as Mary and Leon Stewart as Otto with Rhîan Crowley-McLean and Joshua Ford  as understudies. 

The UK Creative Team for DocDoc is Writer Laurent Baffie, English Version by Julian Quintanilla, Adaptation by Susie McKenna and Clarisa Butler, Director Ian Talbot with Original Direction by Lia Jelin and Designer Paula Sabina. 

Churchill Theatre, Bromley High Street, BR1 1HA from 5th – 15th February.

For full details and booking: https://www.docdocplay.co.uk/

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