The Football Actress – C Venues
This one-woman show is billed as an autobiographical drama-comedy featuring Lucia Mallardi, a former semi-professional footballer who travelled as a street artist. The show’s advertising blurb claims that Lucia’s story is empowering, challenging boundaries, merging sports and theatre.
Well, firstly – yes, this show is autobiographical. Very. The performer is telling the story of her own life. Undoubtedly bright and brave, she is performing in English, not her native language, with a smattering of rapid fire Italian and accents of languages picked up on her travels. However, just because you’ve chosen to live an unconventional life doesn’t mean that the recounting of some of it will add up to something which will hold an audience’s attention. After...