Past Year Out Drama student, Caroline Horton, returns to Stratford-upon-Avon College to perform her award winning one woman show ‘You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy’.
Caroline was a student between 1999 and 2000 and went onto Cambridge University before attending Drama School in Paris. She won the ‘Best Solo Performer’ category at the Stage Awards in 2010.
‘You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy’ is an extraordinary true story of an eccentric young French woman’s affair with a tongue-tied English teacher, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Waiting at Gare Du Nord for the train that will reunite her with her fiance, this irrepressible Mademoiselle shares their love story: from a chance encounter at Cheadle tennis club to cosmopolitan 1930s Paris, before their inevitable separation by war.
In 2002, Christiane moved into sheltered housing. Amongst a lifetime of clutter, was a shoebox containing her wartime letters. Over the last year, Caroline has pieced together her story from the letters and from their conversations about Christiane’s youth, her romance with Cyril and her memories of occupied France. These memories are full of humour, resilience and her love of life.
‘You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy’ is created and performed by Caroline Horton and commissioned by China Plate/Warwick Arts Centre/mac.
There will be two performances at Stratford-upon-Avon College on Wednesday 9th February at 5pm and Thursday 10th February at 2pm. Tickets are available from the College reception at £3.
For more information about Caroline visit www.carolinehorton.net|
Press Reviews:
The Stage – “Horton’s enchanting script ensures that this ordinary tale of ordinary people in extraordinary times touches each one of us – and the gentle twist at the end leaves hardly a dry eye in the house.”
The Guardian “this simple and heartfelt show feels like a real labour of love… a really tremendous & rounded performance”
Metro “Caroline Horton’s extraordinary one woman show is full of delightful surprises……Horton’s comic timing and facial expressions move us effortlessly from thunderous belly laughs to tears of heartbreak.”
Financial Times “gathers in both charm and emotional engagement until even a hardened hack may on the brink of teas. Winsome in all the best ways, this Horton may not be hearing a “Who?” for very long.”
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Posted on Wednesday 2nd February 2011