Cherry Jezebel

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The party aint over yet! As long as that music keeps playing, Ill keep dancing! Raw, rude and raucous, Cherry Jezebel is a dazzling new drama. Hilarious and heartbreaking, its a champagne blowout and the hangover from hell, a spin under the glitterball that lands in the gutter. The bass is pounding, the audience are cheering, and Cherry Brandy is blinking back tears. Tonights the night shes finally recognised as the Queen she is, with the crown to prove it. Is this the triumphant moment shes always dreamed of Behind the mascara, the wigs and the six-inch stiletto heels, all that glitters isnt gold. At least shes always got her best mate Heidi. But growing up queer in Liverpool is grim, and the queer family theyve forged is about to slip through Cherrys nicotine-stained fingers. From the boudoirs to the bathrooms of Liverpools gloriously gobby drag scene, Cherry Jezebel is a riot of lipstick and split lips, of bitching and bruises. Its a play that celebrates queerness while spilling the tea on the pain behind the polish.

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With merciless invective and scatter-gun put-downs, Jonathan Larkins comedy is black to the point of cruelty in a bleak but uplifting play about after-hours queer culture * Guardian *
A sassy dark comedy about drag queens that is not afraid to challenge the audience * The Stage *
Cherry Jezebel is what it says on the tin: rude, raw and raucous. * Liverpool Echo *
Jonathan Larkins gripping new comic drama Cherry Jezebel is a dark and dramatic delight and a love letter to the queer community of Liverpool * Reviews Hub *

Author Bio

JONATHAN LARKIN is a Liverpool-basedwriter, who is a core writer on C4s HOLLYOAKS for 10 years. Hisonline seriesPROPER MESSY,produced by Conker Media for BBC Switch was shortlisted in the Broadcast Digital Awards. Jonathan iscurrently developing original TV projects, as well as a horror feature with Jason Wingard (Hannah Stevenson Productions). For the stage, his association with the Everyman started with the Henry Cotton Writers on AttachmentScheme, followed by his first playPARADISE BOUND, which opened to widespread critical and popular acclaim, followed by FORGIVE THEM, part of the Mersey Bite night at the Hampstead Theatre and at the Everymans Everyword Festival. For radio, Jonathans credits includeLOST IN LIVERPOOL (BBC Radio 3).