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SINCe U BEEN GONE
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TABBY LAMB, COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY NICOL PARKINSON, DIRECTED BY BILLY BARRETT, SET DESIGN BY PETE BUTLER, LIGHTING DESIGN BY ZIA BERGIN-HOLLY, PRODUCED BY AMEENA HAMID, PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRONWEN SHARP, SHOW PHOTOGRAPHY BY HOLLY REVELL
SINCE U BEEN GONE was at THE FORGE, VAULT Festival February 4th to 9th 2020 and is touring in 2021.
To discuss booking the show for your venue or festival, contact Ameena on ameenahamidtheatre@gmail.com.
“He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it anymore binary?”
When friends die and pronouns change, what's left of the memories that don't fit anymore? From childhood co-stars, through teenage rebellion, a moving and powerful autobiographical account about growing up queer in the mid-noughties, finding yourself, and losing a friend. Brought to life with storytelling, an original pop music score and way too many America’s Next Top Model references.
Tabby Lamb is an acclaimed playwright and performer. From a live art background, Tabby developed their skill through the Soho Theatre Writers Lab and the Raising our Voices scheme for Trans writers. Their work draws from a wealth of experience as both a divisor and dramaturg on award-winning work. Now working as a solo practitioner, Tabby still tries on cross-art collaboration and works with largely queer artists to create work that is both intimate and epic.
Since U Been Gone is from an all queer team, exploring the intersections of grief and gender. Drawing on their own experiences Teddy Lamb and Nicol Parkinson create a piece of musical storytelling that blends pop culture, Shakespeare, live music and fashion to tell the true story of growing up trans and losing friends. This piece talks directly to the audience, casting them as the lost friend making it an immediate and relevant exploration of trans experiences.
“One of 2019’s most rapturously received debuts”
- One of the Guardian’s 12 Comedy and Theatre Shows To See at VAULT Festival 2020
Reception
★★★★★ "Lamb is so comfortable on stage, they are endearing and charming, never failing to enchant the audience as they unveil their journey of raw grief, self-identity and friendship."
- Not the Front Row
★★★★ "This is a beautiful bruise of play, painful in places, but with golden colours.
- BritishTheatre.Com
★★★★ “Since U Been Gone is a timely examination of pronouns: it’s also an examination of grief”.
- The ReviewsHub
★★★★ “The candypop colours fizz and zing and feel alive with fun and possibility, which serves at different times as both emphasis and ironic counterpoint to the narrative.”
- The Spy in The Stalls
★★★★ “The whole piece is meticulously calibrated to both deliver humour and break the heart”
- View from The Outside
★★★★ “Since U Been Gone is heart wrenching, heart warming, comical and beautiful.”
- Get the Chance
★★★★
“Since U Been Gone has a gentle warmth in its poetry”
- Liam O'Dell
One of their BEST THEATRE SHOWS AT VAULT FESTIVAL 2020
- Evening Standard
★★★★ “Since U Been Gone is buoyant, as theatre becomes a place of exploration, distraction and safety” “One of 2019’s most rapturously received debuts”
- The Guardian
★★★★ “beautifully written”
- Broadway Baby
★★★★ “poignant and current... the words within Since U Been Gone are what make it feel special and intriguing”
- The Wee Review
Made with support from Arts Council England, Gate Theatre, English National Opera and Pegasus Oxford. Originally produced by The Queer House and HighTide.
Age guidance: 14+
Trigger warnings: Reference to self harm, suicide and transphobic language
Warnings: Strong language, sexual content and reference to mild drug use, flashing lights, loud music
Running time: 50 minutes, no interval.