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YOU HAVEN'T LIVED TILL YOU'VE ALMOST DIED !

project created by Denise Stephenson, project category Theatre
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STAND UP AND BE COUNTED is a play about a woman dealing with life after 50,she's single,her children are leaving home, her friends are getting facelifts and fillers, and she has cancer,so naturally she decides to do Stand Up Comedy! It is a surreal comedy with a cast of 4, blending physical theatre with Stand Up, Cabaret and a little pole dancing! The show is booked at the Edinburgh Festival in August and looking to come to London in the autumn.
I wrote Stand up and Be Counted after I had undergone surgery and six months of chemotherapy for bowel cancer. I had the idea for the piece the previous year as I wanted to look at what happens to women after 50. We are not seen much publicly, we're hardly on the telly or in government or in the glam mags, we become invisible and yet here I am with my children about to leave home feeling a great sense of excitement and liberation. During my treatment for cancer I met a lot of wonderful people, nurses, doctors, patients and there were a great many laughs,one night we were all dancing to Michael Jackson on the ward, and so I wanted to include some of that and take a comic yet honest look at cancer and life after 50. Love,sex and death, what more do you need!

Creative Team

Actors:
Caroline Williamson
Kate Mounce
Steven Rayner
Denise Stephenson

Directed by Denise Stephenson with creative input from the cast.

Sound; Ed Dowie

Lighting: Josh Pharo

Set Design: Denise Stephenson

Choreographer: David Seddon

Poster design: Will Brady

Additional music: The Killer Bees

Producer: Bob Stephens

Edinburgh Festival
Playing in The Studio at St. Augustine's Church 4.30pm August 16th to 27th

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Name Amount
Papa Coyne 100
GlennRoss 50
stevenrayner 25
Suzie Q 25
Jennifer N 25
rebecca frayn 25
Caitriona McLaughlin 25
lewis barfoot 10
Lizziekins 10
Kamaal 10
n j easton 10
Michael Brown 10
andrei belgrader 10
neemcfly 5
Name
Denise Stephenson
stevenrayner
Suzie Q

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£340 Wefunded
of £1500 Target
14 Wefunders
38 weeks 2 days ago

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    you will receive our eternal thanks, a credit in the programme as a supporter, 4 free tickets to a show either in Edinburgh or London.

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    you will receive our eternal thanks, a credit in the programme as a supporter, 4 free tickets to a show either in Edinburgh or London and drinks with the cast after the performance.

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  7. Pledge £500 or more

    you will receive our eternal thanks, credit in the programme as a supporter, 6 free tickets to a show either in Edinburgh or London, drinks with the cast after the performance, original artwork from the show and a choice of a personalized yoga class / an IT lesson or a singing lesson.

  8. Pledge £1000 or more

    you will receive our eternal thanks, credit in the programme as a supporter, 6 free tickets to a show either in Edinburgh or London, drinks with the cast after the performance, original artwork from the show and a choice of 5 personalized yoga classes / IT lessons or singing lessons.

  9. Pledge £1000 or more

    you will receive our eternal thanks, credit in the programme as a supporter, 6 free tickets to a show either in Edinburgh or London, drinks with the cast after the performance, original artwork from the show and a choice of 10 personalized yoga classes / IT lessons or singing lessons.

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Denise Stephenson