In her debut storytelling show, Jessica Regan (BBC, Channel 4, Guilty Feminist) shares lessons lived and learned from a life in no particular order.
Each show is drawn from true tales of love and landlords, of mice and men and more, told with help from the audience who will play their part in her odyssey as she moves North, South, East and West, finding out which is best.
This is a journey through an impenetrable city with an all-too-open heart. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you rent cos you can’t afford to buy…
Hi! First things first, how are you?
I am spinning like a top, but pretty, pretty good for the most part. Thanks for asking.
In your own words, can you describe for us what your show is about?
I have lived in London for 20 years and in that time I’ve racked up 16 Postcodes. Every address I’ve had has been its own unique character, in a way and borne witness to various triumphs and disasters and surprises so I wanted to see if I could take all these stories and make some theatre with them.
And if you were to condense that into three words, what would they be?
S*** went down.
What has preparation for the Fringe looked like for you so far?
Scattershot and relentless at the same time? But quite thrilling as well, getting to work with people I’ve long admired and get to bring in. The steepest of learning curves in terms of practice and I’m grateful for that.
What do you want audiences to take away from seeing your show?
Well first and foremost that they are entertained and delighted, that’s the dream. And that they see some of themselves and their life challenges in there somewhere, and we create a little community of shared experience for an hour.
SHOW LINK: 16 Postcodes – Pleasance Theatre Trust
TWITTER / X ACCOUNT: @itsjessregan
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: @j.reegs
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