I Hate Alone
by Ellen Brammar, music by James Frewer
After their band ‘Disabled Barbie’ gets turned down by a snooty record label, Danielle and Chloe are done with being trampled on. Their solution is to make a list of everyone who’s ever wronged them or stopped them from getting what they wanted. Come with them as they cause chaos in order to take their vengeance, spurred on by an anarchic soundtrack. I Hate Alone is a rip-roaring piece of gig theatre about injustice, revenge, and how far you’d go for a friend.
“Maybe we need a bit of violence in our lives, maybe the only way to get control is to shove that other cunt out the way.”
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7th May 2021 + Livestream / on demand
The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
75 minutes
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Writer: Ellen Brammar
Composer: James Frewer
Director: Jessy Roberts
Design: Tish Mantripp
DSM: Ellie Condon
Stage Manager: Tabbi Dodds
Production Supervisor: Alix Abram
Costume Supervisor: Summer York
Lighting Designer: Jenni Everett
Lighting Operator: Karris Holm
Sound Designer: Hannah Bracegirdle
Sound Operator: Cat Simpson
Production Carpenter: Kirk Bishop
Camera Operators: Maisy Harbert and Chris Monks
Vision Mixer: Joe Waddington
Sound Supervisor (stream): Adrianne Broadgate
Production Manager: Ed Wilson
Assistant Production Manager: Leila Glen
Original Production by Middle Child Theatre
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Danielle: Evie Hargreaves
Chloe: Rebecca Hyde
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“The work that sang most to me, quite literally, was I Hate Alone by Ellie Brammar, originally seen in a Middle Child production and now revived by associate writer of the company Jessy Roberts. Setting off to take revenge on anyone they feel has wronged them, the two deliver some cracking tunes while exonerating in bodily release and engaging in a spot of corpse kidnapping. Roberts cracking production, helped by performances in equal part angry and sympathetic, flies past..”
☆☆☆☆ Kris Hallett
