Shmedic

Organised by : The Nest at Chichester Festival Theatre

In this raw and riveting one-woman play, we meet a young Welsh girl, Shmedic, whose dream is as pure as it is urgent: become a doctor and save her little brother Chuk from his debilitating sickle cell disease.

But when a night shift from hell and an untimely encounter with a dead body render her unable to sleep, she finds that all dreams come with a wake up call...

We meet Shmedic mid-therapy session, in a desperate attempt to cover the cracks. Through a series of sound-fuelled flashbacks, we follow her journey through the harsh reality of clinical failure and the slow crawl to recovery.

A visceral, heartbreaking, and darkly funny story of ambition, grief and mental health, this debut one-woman play by doctor turned National Theatre actress, Dr Sara Otung brings a new voice to the stage.