21:30, Thu 21st – Sat 23rd November 2019 at Corpus Playroom
Michaelmas Week 6

ANERDYFANGIRL394 is a one woman show, structured as a book reading with elements of stand up in its style. With the aid four diaries, the show focusses on my teenage years, honing in on particularly embarrassing anecdotes and passages of writing. The centrepiece of the show is the fanfiction ‘Dean and Jo: Son of a Bitch’, a 26,689 word long masterpiece written by me at the age of 14-15, including some questionable erotic passages, and some attempts to be deeply romantic. Diary extracts and stories from the same age range would come alongside the fanfiction, with more of range between hilariously embarrassing and more personal/reflective points to be made. Essentially, ANerdyFangirl394 would be an exposing and amusing perusal through the written evidence of my adolescence, working through questions concerning sex, sexuality, self-esteem, and school, and having fun with the ideas and issues that fifteen year olds must endure.

Think My Dad Wrote A Porno but combined with the angst of a young teenage girl who has just discovered Tumblr. One idea is for two audience members to be handed extracts of said fanfiction, and have them ‘perform’ the dialogue. Diary extracts and stories from the same age range would come alongside the fanfiction, with more of range between hilariously embarrassing and more personal/reflective points to be made. Essentially, ANerdyFangirl394 would be an exposing and amusing perusal through the written evidence of my adolescence, working through questions concerning sex, sexuality, self-esteem, and school, and having fun with the ideas and issues that fifteen year olds must endure.