Simple Girl

By
Melanie Wilson
Co-directed by
Emma Benson
Produced by
Fuel
Dates
5 Aug 2007 - 9 Jun 2011
Artist/Company
Melanie Wilson

Fuel presents Simple Girl

By Melanie Wilson 

A thrilling and touchingly funny encounter with a self-titled simple girl – at once mischievous flaneur, epic sentimentalist, and grandiose fibber. Tales of glamorous peril jostle with a live soundtrack, executed by idiosyncratic heroine Melanie Wilson. 

Nominated for a Spirit of the Fringe and Best Actress Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival. 

Co-directed by Emma Benson. 

#SimpleGirl

"**** Just occasionally you come across a show on the fringe that's innovative, startling and ever so slightly indefinable. For me, Simple Girl is it. "

The Scotsman

"Wilson's tools are not just the word or the physical, but also her own intensity, light and dark, and an extraordinary soundscape that transports us into a dislocating otherness... There are few more compelling presences than that of Melanie Wilson."

The Guardian

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Project History

05/08/2007 - 26/08/2007
Underbelly
Edinburgh
08/09/2007 - 23/09/2007
Dublin Fringe
Dublin
28/01/2009
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Maidenhead
12/02/2009
Axis Arts Centre
Maidenhead
14/02/2009
Luton Hat Factory
Luton
22/04/2009
Northbrook Arts Centre
Luton
22/04/2009
The Castle
Luton
24/04/2009 - 25/04/2009
Royal Exchange
Manchester
08/05/2009
Ustinov Studio
Bath
22/05/2009
Soho Theatre
London
04/03/2010
Tokyo Performing Arts Market
London
25/11/2010
The Basement
Brighton
08/06/2011 - 09/06/2011
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds