For a long time I didn’t know how it’d work.
Or what I’d be able to feel.
People would ask me if I could have sex and I’d feign shock and act wildly offended whilst secretly wanting to grab them by the shoulders and be like “I don’t know, Janet!”
Juno was born with spina bifida and is now clumsily navigating her twenties amidst street healers, love, loneliness – and the feeling of being an unfinished project.
Winner of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, Amy Trigg’s remarkable debut play REASONS YOU SHOULD(N’T) LOVE ME is a hilarious, heart-warming tale about how shit our wonderful lives can be.
A Women’s Prize for Playwriting, Paines Plough, 45North and Kiln Theatre Production
Age Guidance: 14+
Running time: 85 minutes
Content warning: Occasional strong language, including sexual references
Trigger warning: Ableism, detailed medical talk, life-changing medical condition, curing of disabilities, mental health and suicidal references.
Photography by Rebecca Need-Menear
Artwork design by Thread Design and MUSE
Where we're going...
Kiln Theatre
London
21 May – 12 Jun 2021Online
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18 – 20 Jun 2021Live Theatre
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14 – 17 Sep 2022Mercury Theatre
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22 – 24 Sep 2022The Old Market
Brighton
27 Sep 2022West End Centre
Aldershot
28 Sep 2022Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Maidenhead
30 Sep 2022Studio 3 Arts
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1 Oct 2022Marine Theatre
Lyme Regis
4 Oct 2022South Hill Park Arts Centre
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5 Oct 2022CAST
Doncaster
11 Oct 2022Arts Centre Washington
Washington
12 Oct 2022Derby Theatre
Derby
14 Oct 2022Selby Town Hall
Selby
15 Oct 2022Rosehill Theatre
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18 Oct 2022Middlesbrough Town Hall
Middlesbrough
19 Oct 2022The Spring
Hampshire
26 Oct 2022The Hat Factory Arts Centre
Luton
28 Oct 2022Kiln Theatre
London
5 – 26 Nov 2022
Creative Team
Director
Charlotte Bennett
Writer / Performer
Amy Trigg
Designer
Jean Chan
Lighting Designer
Guy Hoare
Sound Designer
Elena Peña
Assistant Director
Athena Stevens
Associate Sound Designer
Raffaela Pancucci
Production Manager
Ryan Funnell
Company Stage Manager
Lucy Ventham
Assistant to Athena Stevens
Olivia Wakeford
Associate Director (2021)
Hana Pascal-Keegan
Production Manager (2021)
Nicki Brown
Deputy Production Manager (2021)
Scott Handley
Company Stage Manager (2021)
Alex Constantin
Deputy Stage Manager (2021)
Sophie Rubenstein
Assistant Stage Manager (book cover) (2021)
Ella Saunders
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