Caroline Horton

Theatre Projects

Caroline Horton & Co and China Plate present

Mess

We’re putting on a play. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off.

Photo by Ed Collier

Josephine is putting on a play – Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones). Today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room. Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed.

Press / Awards

The Stage Award Best Ensemble, 2012
Argus Angel Award Brighton Fringe, 2013
“Comes perilously close to genius and announces Horton as a major, major talent.”
Time Out
(Mess)
“One of the oddest, funniest, saddest pieces of theatre I’ve seen”
The Independent
(Mess)
WhatsOnStage
ThreeWeeks
Evening Standard
Financial Times
Metro
The Herald

Original Creative Team

  • Created and devised by | Caroline Horton, Hannah Boyde and Seiriol Davies
  • Writer and Performer | Caroline Horton
  • Composer | Seiriol Davies
  • Designer | Fiammetta Horvat
  • Director | Alex Swift
  • Lighting Designer | Andy Purves
  • Producer | China Plate

Touring in association with Beat (the UK’s leading charity supporting people affected by eating disorders).

Developed with the help of experts from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry.

Triggered@Warwick. Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award.
Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and Parabola Arts Centre. Supported by Ovalhouse, London.
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