Sweet Fade
Sweet Fade
Past Performance
In The Theatre
November 9th - November 10th 2017

Sweet Fade is the story of a female barber, told by a female barber. When a man sits in a woman’s barberchair, who has the power? The man paying for his haircut, or the woman with the cut throat razor in her hands…? This is the story of a woman realising her power. A woman
living on a razor’s edge. It’s the story of an epic personal transformation fuelled by all the little transformations she gives to men all day. Cut off the dead ends. Put in a hard part. Get a sweet fade.
 

Abby is a barber. She lives and breathes beard trims and slickbacks and flat tops. Her barber chair is like a therapist’s couch, a priest’s confessional - complete strangers tell her secrets they’d never share with their wives, or mates, or boyfriends, or bosses. These brief, transitory interactions, are woven into a new narrative of a day in the life of a female barber. Sexual power, London, misogyny, freedom, cash-in-hand, hand-to-mouth, fragile masculinity and ‘next, please..’ all feature as she comes to new realisations of her worth and potential.

Barbers listen. To stories banal and extraordinary, to secrets, to lies, to memories, to dreams. Sweet Fade gives a barber a voice - to tell stories banal and extraordinary, to whisper secrets and
lies, to remember, to dream.

9-10 Nov 2017 8:45pm

Cast List
Orlando James Director

Orlando James trained at Drama Centre London, and as a performer his credits include The Winter’s Tale , Shakespeare in Love , Tis Pity She’s A Whore , Another Country, The Madness of George III, and Macbeth.

A regular actor with the internationally acclaimed Cheek by Jowl
theatre company, Orlando is now also a director for the company’s workshops.

Charlotte Powell Writer/ Performer

Charlotte Powell trained at Drama Centre London, and her theatre credits include The Full Monty , Disgraced, Don’t Look Now, The Last of the De Mullins, The Duchess of Malfi and See What I See . Screen includes Romans , Eastenders and Across The Line.

Charlotte is a professional barber, and drew on her experiences for Sweet Fade .