Offside
By Sabrina Mahfouz & Hollie McNish
★★★★★ - 'A particularly impressive feat' - Morning Star
★★★★- ' A tremendous three-hander' - Scotsman
★★★★ - 'Defiantly and rawly poetic' - AllEdinburghTheatre.com
★★★★ - 'A hard hitting and powerful piece' - Edinburgh Guide
★★★★ - 'Stylish direction from Caroline Bryant' - Reviews Hub
Heart thumping with oxygenised blood,
adrenalin flooding every little bit of me
and every little bit of me
is every little bit of the field in front of me.
It is 1892. It is 1921. It is 2017.
Four women from across the centuries live, breathe, and play football.
Whilst each of them face very different obstacles, the possibility that the beautiful game will change their futures – and the world – is tantalisingly close.
Offside is told through lyrical dialogue, poetry, and punchy prose, placing the audience on the touchline of the game of a lifetime.
CREATIVES
Writers: Sabrina Mahfouz and Hollie McNish
Director and Originator: Caroline Bryant
Designer: Beth Oppenheim
Composer: Tom Adams
Movement Director: Diane Alison-Mitchell
Lighting Designer: Dylan Tate
Voice and Dialect Coach: Izo Fitzroy
Patchwork Maker and Costume Assistant: Atena Pou-Clavell
Video Designer: Megumi Okazaki
Production Photography by Lidia Crisafulli
CAST - 2018 TOUR
Jessica Dennis
Marième Diouf
Fizz Waller
CAST - 2017 TOUR
Jessica Butcher
Tanya-Loretta Dee
Daphne Kouma
TOUR DATES
2017
2018
2019
24-25 March: Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate
27-28 March: Omnibus Theatre, London
30 Mar-1 Apr: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
6 Apr: The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant
7-8 Apr: The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
11 Apr: The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
13 Apr: Cast, Doncaster
19 Apr: Clifftown Theatre, Southend on Sea
20 Apr: The North Wall, Oxford
21 - 22 Apr: Contact Theatre, Manchester
24 Apr: Cambridge Junction
27-29 Apr: Northern Stage, Newcastle
2-28 August - Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe
8-9 May: Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
10-11 May: York Theatre Royal
16 May: Theatre Shop, Clevedon
18-19 May: 53Two, Manchester
24-26 May: The Mac, Belfast
29-30 May: Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
1-3 June: Queen's Park Rangers FC, London
4 June: Leyton Orient FC, London
9-10 June: Churchill Theatre, Bromley
12 June: The Riverfront, Newport
18-19 June: Oxford Playhouse
21-22 June: Brighton Hove & Albion, Brighton
23-24 June: Lewes FC
27 June: Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
29-30 June: East Riding Theatre, Beverley
2 April: UEFA & FA Equal Game Conference, Wembley Stadium
Supported by SE Franklin Trust & PJ Kirby QC