Brighton’s Broken Silence Theatre and their artistic director Tim Cook present “That Girl” at the Old Red Lion in London, a play by Hatty Jones about friendships that change with the digital age, the comfort in being defined by a job, and the importance of listening.
Madeline! What girl doesn’t remember the children’s books about the young positive orphan walking around Paris wearing her little hat? Well, in 1998, a Hollywood film was made, and Hatty Jones, also acting in “That Girl”, was picked out of hundreds of girls to play the young heroine. Twenty years later (has it been that long?), following drama school, her character is now working in advertising, a normal job that reassures her in its simplicity because it doesn’t bring with it thousands of questions – unlike when you tell people you’re an actor.
Hatty has been living with her best friend (Alex Reynolds) in Camden, and we meet them as they are preparing to move out, as their other flatmate is getting married.
