Tuesday, October 15

Tag: Mabel Thomas

Sugar – The Old Red Lion Theatre
London

Sugar – The Old Red Lion Theatre

This one-woman show, which was performed initially online at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe and, thereafter, live at the 2022 Fringe to critical acclaim is now being performed to London audiences at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington. Written and performed by Mabel Thomas it charts the life of May, from schoolgirl, aged 6, to a young lady of 18 just entering the adult world. May is a feisty young lady with a determination to win at all costs. This is first demonstrated when in primary school determined to be champion at a rather strange game of " Dibbits" she takes revenge on the boy who actually wins by inveigling him to take her along to share the much-vaunted prize.  Aged 10 she decides to become an entrepreneur in order to earn some money but is frustrated when the school decides...