OH, CALM DOWN
1999. Lucy is in labour. She’s just been handed a document to sign and her sense of self is beginning to deteriorate. 2024. Claire is an art student. Her latest panic attack means her art course could be over. Oh, and she can't stop contemplating her own mortality.
Misdiagnosis, mistreatment and misinformation were rife back then. And still are now... Claire and Lucy have OCD. But they don’t know that yet.
You can buy the published playtext online at Waterstones.
Winner of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Keep it Fringe Award, Oh, Calm Down debuted at EdFringe’s Summerhall in August 2024 after previews at Streatham Space Project.
THE TEAM
Claire Charlotte Anne Tilley
Lucy Maddy Banks
Writer Charlotte Anne Tilley
Director Ed White
Producers Charlotte Anne Tilley & Tom Bevan
Associate Producer Iona Bremner
Lighting Designer Ola Przytula
Sound Designer Bella Kear
Operator Madison Maycock
Photographer Charlie Lyne
Publisher Renard Press
PRAISE FOR OH, CALM DOWN…
Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition.
★★★★★
The Indiependent
★★★★
North West End
★★★★★
Theatre and Tonic
★★★★★
Three Weeks
★★★★
EdFringe Review
★★★★
The FM
“AN INCREDIBLE, EYE-OPENING AND COMPLEX PLAY WHICH I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SEEN”.
- Theatre and Tonic
