TALENTED actress Georgia Holder stars in Stuart Slade’s award-winning play Glee & Me at the Swan Theatre in Yeovil this month.

Sharp-witted and spiky, Lola is studying for her A-levels. She is working hard to get the grades for university, at the expense of fun and boys.
Then one night her life changes forever and suddenly she needs to re-think everything she does, re-evaluate her relationship with her Mum and her best friend Clem.
Suddenly every day of her life is thrown into sharper focus, every emotion heightened and more intense.

Actress Georgia Holder

Director Mark Payne said: “When I first read the script of Glee and Me I was blown away by the quality of the writing – its ability to deliver some of the funniest lines next to the rawest emotion takes the audience on a roller coaster of a journey.
“From very early on you know the outcome – it is about how Lola copes with the most difficult of circumstances and in the process learns so much about herself and about life.
“There are two particular challenges to staging this play – one is finding an actress, of the right age, talented enough to take on the enormous role of Lola and who, a la Shirley Valentine, can hold the audience’s attention over 50 pages of script.
“Having worked with Georgia on Di and Viv and Rose last January, I knew though she would be up to the challenge.
“The second challenge is the language. The script is written in the language of a teenager, and a teenager facing a crisis at that.
“The language is strong but utterly authentic and it is completely possible to move through it to find a warm, tender story full of hope and love.”

Glee & Me runs from Tuesday to Saturday January 17-21, starting at 7.45pm. Tickets are available from www.swan-theatre.co.uk or swantheatreboxoffice@gmail.com or 07500 376031.