Opal Fruits
Written & Performed by Holly Beasley-Garrigan
Role: Associate Director
Director: Maisie Newman
Dramaturg: Elinor Lower
Associate Dramaturg: Caroline Williams
Producers: Millie Wood-Downie & Tom Bevan
Video & Lighting Designer: Rachel Sampley
Costume & Set Designer: Anna Orton
Sound Designer: Ellie Holland
Associate Designer: Olivia Altaras
“A juicy bite out of the hand that feeds”
The Wee Review
In 1998 Opal Fruits changed their name to – we don’t say that name here. It was all downhill.
Armed with pick-n-mix, politics, and UK Garage, Holly Beasley-Garrigan wants to talk about the fetishisation of the feral female. Opal Fruits is about class, nostalgia, and five generations of women from one council estate in South London - an anarchic reimagining of the self-congratulatory solo show, and a wry interrogation of faux-working-class cultural trends.
Opal Fruits is Holly's debut solo show, having undergone significant redevelopment with a new and expanded creative team. The show explores what it means to be an artist who grew up in poverty...to have a stake in two worlds but to feel as though you don't really fit into either.
Supported by: Arts Council England, Bristol Old Vic Ferment, The Pleasance, Knowle West Media Centre, Streatham Space Project.
Photography: Jai Bellchambers
