aha - the old lines written on the wrist trick... Those of you who missed out on the first sea­son of Julie Hill’s play ‘Stor­ies Told to Me by Girls’ should head down to Happy tonight or tomor­row (or yes­ter­day or the day before that, if you have the tech­no­logy), to catch a spe­cial return sea­son. Laurie Atkin­son’s review in the Dom is suit­ably gush­ing…

It’s like per­form­ance art, but without the pre­ten­tious­ness that seems to attach itself to this art form, mixed with revue sketches, stand-up com­edy and Julie Hill’s knack of com­bin­ing believ­able people, lively, off­beat stor­ies and a dry sense of humour.

We meet along the way a would-be act­ress and her agent (told with huge sil­houttes onthe screen), a four-year-old Red Rid­ing-Hood, Rebecca in an S&M; dun­geon get­ting her revenge on her old maths teach­er, the unhappy life of Dou­gal (told with chalk draw­ings), young Dusty’s sand castles, and Kath­eryn­’s horse-rid­ing audi­tion.

[Solo act­or] Smith is in comed­ic con­trol through­out, wheth­er as the act­ress being told she looks like Liv Tyler, or as the young Dusty and Dou­gal. Add Peter Daube’s music and Megan Adams’ video cho­reo­graphy to the mix and you have a spark­ling begin­ning to the the­at­ric­al year.

More info (times/prices) at the Stor­ies For Girls web­site…