Ella Hickson
Ella Hickson
Eight
Thursday, Oct 8: 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct 9: 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 10: 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 11: 2:00 p.m.
Historic Asolo Theater
Tickets: $30, 25, $20, $10
Ella Hickson’s debut play Eight swept the major awards at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including a Fringe First and the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award. Eight delivers a rich portrait of modern Britain through a collection of incisive monologues from characters ranging from a single working mother to a young Iraq war veteran. Exquisitely tuned to the inner voices of her characters, Hickson balances biting humor with emotional honesty as she assesses what it means to be part of the current generation. Eight’s cast will include young actors from the UK and students from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training.
“One of the most self-assured, startlingly well-written and moving pieces of theatre around.” – The Herald, Scotland
“[Ella Hickson] writes with a heightened sense of the rhythms and quirks of everyday speech and uses vivid, sensory details to create believable emotional states.” – The New York Times
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