Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman play, Fleabag is coming to the big screen. The immensely popular theatre show, which then became a TV series, before going full circle back to the stage – will be broadcast to cinemas as part of the National Theatre Live programme.
After the success of Fleabag as a TV show, star and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been doing encore performances of the one-woman show that started it all in New York City and London. The shows have been sold-out for months, but now audiences will have the chance to catch the acclaimed stage production another way. On Sept. 12 (and various encore screenings following that), audiences can see Fleabag as performed by Waller-Bridge from London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
Hewing closely to the plot of the first season of the TV series, Fleabag follows a young woman struggling to hold it together as she wrestles with grief and guilt in the wake of her best friend’s accidental death. Waller-Bridge delves into a woman coming apart at the seams, who might seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered, and self-obsessed to some. Struggling to keep her guinea pig cafe open and butting up against the strain of family and friendships, Fleabag brings audiences into her deliciously messy life with plenty of bawdy humor, winking asides, and gut-wrenching truths.
To buy tickets to the the cinema showings, visit the National Theatre Live website.
