BY HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL

A new comedy musical about anxiety disorders, caring and trying to keep going. With power ballads, show tunes and body percussion, HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL explore what it’s like to be human and to struggle.

Alice is making a new start. Things are going to be different. She has moved out of the big city to a small town, doing the job she loves as an Occupational Therapist. She is going to be a new person here, cool, calm and free. The kind of person who goes running everyday and can go to a cafe and sit on their own. She is going to make a difference, meet new people and become a new woman…

BUT her old friend Anxiety has other ideas…

How do you make new friends when even choosing what to have for dinner fills you with dread and self-doubt? What do you do when it all gets too much?

Content Warning: This show explores mental health problems and contains depictions of panic attacks and anxiety. The show was written and is set in 2018. It also contains language that some viewers may find offensive.

★★★★★ “A packed and very rewarding experience” British Theatre

★★★★★  “A perfectly curated fusion” West End Best Friend

★★★★ ½ “Sharply observed and deeply funny” Reviews Hub

★★★★ “The perfect marriage of concept, lyrics and music” MyTheatreMates

★★★★ “A witty and Highly Observant Show” Londontheatre1.com

Alice played by Alice Keedwell
Anxiety played by Harry Blake 

Written by Alice Keedwell
Music and Lyrics by Harry Blake
Directed by Valentina Ceschi
Choreography by Jennifer Fletcher
Consultant Costume Design by Emma Bailey
Associate Costume Design by Natalie Johnson 
Originally Produced by Hannah Elsy Productions and House of Blakewell
Poster Design by Alex Harwood
Poster Photography by Corinne Cumming
Developed with The Lowry
Supported by The Cameron Grant Memorial Trust, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation,  The North Wall and 11 generous donors including John Frewin, Gill Ryland, Aly Fuller and Barbara & Martin Croxen. Thank you!
Created using public funding from Arts Council England