No Coward Soul – A Play by Emily Parr

NO COWARD SOUL
A one-woman play written and performed by Emily Parr
Saturday 16th November 7.30pm
1 hour
Tickets £10

Link to book: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DVKK

In the midst of a painfully amicable divorce, one woman strives to survive alone. Why must everything be so difficult?

Emily plays thirty-seven roles as she presents the experience of coming to terms with separation and subverting expectation.

Performances of the show at Shakespeare North Playhouse Studio sold out in 2023 and 2024, following runs in The Kazimier Stockroom in Liverpool in 2019 and the Upmarket Theatre in Ormskirk in early 2020.

“…she cleverly and wittily explores what she perceives society is throwing at her…”
“She is an expressive performer and her writing has an undoubtedly intended lyrical quality which takes the audience on a journey where judging by the laughter most if not all snippets were easily recognisable” (NORTH WEST END UK)

“-at the core it’s a woman’s story of emergence, of finding herself but by playing the supporting cast as large, and bold and exaggerated you get something that is, remarkably, very funny but also touching and quite moving.” (SAM FREEMAN)

OTHER AUDIENCE RESPONSES

“I’ve been thinking about this show every day for the last week… such an evocative and emotionally resonant piece, and so uncomfortably relatable…”

“It was searingly honest – that made it totally engaging.”

“So funny and so touching in equal parts. Reminded me of Victoria Wood at her best…”

“…truly captures the spirit and faith of a person navigating themselves in a society of expectations…”

“Such a raw and honest account”

“Emotionally articulate, funny, heart-warming, engaging”

“It was poignant, hilarious, raw, emotional, vulnerable, true, and the audience hung on every single word. You could feel the energy in the room.”

“…a bravura performance”