'I sit on the loo and think about all the people I can have sex with now. I'm not obsessed with sex. I just can't stop thinking about it.'
The Fleabag bites back. A rip-roaring account of some sort of female living her sort of life.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's debut play is an outrageously funny monologue for a female performer. Fleabag premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performed by Phoebe herself, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, for the first of several successful runs, followed by UK and international tours, a sold-out run in New York and a West End run in 2019.
Fleabag won a Fringe First Award in Edinburgh, the Most Promising New Playwright and Best Female Performance at the Off West End Theatre Awards, The Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. It received a Special Commendation in the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.
In 2016, Fleabag was turned into a wildly successful and 'utterly riveting' (Guardian) BBC television series, with a second series following in 2019.
This edition features the original play, plus an introduction by the author.
'A remarkable portrait of a modern woman who shamelessly bares her soul'
— Guardian
'Believe the hype, Waller-Bridge's raw writing… really is as good as everyone says'
— The Stage
'Sucker-punch funny... I've never seen a play quite like it'
— Scotsman
'Frank and sometimes brutally funny... devastatingly good'
— The Times
'Blessed with a rare and compelling life force... deliciously dirty and scabrously funny'
— Evening Standard
'Very funny... penetrating, pitch-black and nastily brilliant'
— Metro
'Unbelievably rude, jaw-droppingly filthy… extremely funny'
— Time Out
Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright
Edinburgh Fringe First Award
About the Author :
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an actor, playwright and screenwriter.
Her first play, Fleabag, premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge herself, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, for several successful runs, followed by a UK tour. It won a Fringe First Award, the Most Promising New Playwright and Best Female Performance at the Off West End Theatre Awards, The Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright.
A television version of Fleabag was broadcast on BBC3/Amazon in 2016, again starring the author. It became one of the most talked and written about shows of the year, winning several awards, including a BAFTA for best actress in a comedy.
Other writing for televison includes Killing Eve (BBC America, 2018) and Crashing (E4, 2016).
Her acting credits include 2nd May 1997 (Bush Theatre), Tribes (Royal Court Theatre), Mydidae (Soho Theatre) and the award-winning film The Iron Lady.
She is co-Artistic Director of acclaimed new writing company DryWrite.
Review :
'A remarkable portrait of a modern woman who shamelessly bares her soul'
'Believe the hype, Waller-Bridge's raw writing… really is as good as everyone says'
'Sucker-punch funny... I've never seen a play quite like it'
'Frank and sometimes brutally funny... devastatingly good'
'Blessed with a rare and compelling life force... deliciously dirty and scabrously funny'
'Very funny... penetrating, pitch-black and nastily brilliant'
'Unbelievably rude, jaw-droppingly filthy… extremely funny'
'A sharp-edged gem of a solo show'
'Bitingly funny and genuinely moving... clever and tender and true'
