Details

Elderly Essex grandmother LYNNIE has escaped from her old people's home in Stockthorpe-on-Sea and fled 8,000 miles across the Atlantic to Hollywood, Los Angeles. There, she has holed herself up in a run-down motel, awaiting the right moment to reveal to the world her deepest secret - that she is in fact MARILYN MONROE, coming out of hiding fifty years after faking her death in 1962. As her gay grandson JOE turns up to take her home, he finds himself embroiled in his grandmother's scheme, questioning his entire existence and wondering whether he can really be the offspring of Marilyn Monroe. Is Lynnie really Marilyn? Or just a crazy old lady wanting to avoid a fate ensconsed in a nursing home? As time starts running out, Lynnie and Joe's search for the truth, their self-worth, and their love for each other are tested to the limit in this funny drama that is full of surprises. London Premiere. Over 16s only. Contains strong language.

Cast/Performers

Vicki Michelle (Lynnie), Farrel Hegarty (Marilyn / Norma Jeane), Jamie Hutchins (Joe), Arron Blake (Bobby)

Creatives/Company

Author: Dylan Costello
Producer: Giant Cherry Productions
Director: Matthew Gould

Hello Norma Jeane

Hello Norma Jeane (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1436231805. Details of all Hello Norma Jeane archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0417582100

Archive Listings

28 Sep 14
to
2 Nov 14

The King's Head Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

User Review: 30Sep14: Have you ever wanted to be truly loved by someone? Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a just a play about Marilyn Monroe coming back from the dead. It is so much more, delving richly into the notion of what it means to truly be loved. Set entirely in a Hollywood motel room in the intimacy of the Kings Head Theatre, we first meet chipper Essex boy Joe (Jamie Hutchins) who has turned up to take his ballsy, foul-mouthed grandmother Lynnie (Vicki Michelle) back home to Essex after she has ‘wandered off’ from the nursing home that he has reluctantly put her into. But when Lynnie delivers the ace up her sleeve – revealing that she is in fact Marilyn Monroe, coming out of hiding after hiding away in an Essex seaside town for several decades, we are catapulted into a journey that deftly alternates between high comedy and heartbreaking poignancy. Can this mad Essex granny really be Marilyn? Vicki Michelle does a wonderful job in playing with our minds (alternating between a cross between Catherine Tate’s ‘Nan’ and

User Reviews

Gavin Law (30Sep14): Have you ever wanted to be truly loved by someone? Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a just a play about Marilyn Monroe coming back from the dead. It is so much more, delving richly into the notion of what it means to truly be loved. Set entirely in a Hollywood motel room in the intimacy of the Kings Head Theatre, we first meet chipper Essex boy Joe (Jamie Hutchins) who has turned up to take his ballsy, foul-mouthed grandmother Lynnie (Vicki Michelle) back home to Essex after she has ‘wandered off’ from the nursing home that he has reluctantly put her into. But when Lynnie delivers the ace up her sleeve – revealing that she is in fact Marilyn Monroe, coming out of hiding after hiding away in an Essex seaside town for several decades, we are catapulted into a journey that deftly alternates between high comedy and heartbreaking poignancy. Can this mad Essex granny really be Marilyn? Vicki Michelle does a wonderful job in playing with our minds (alternating between a cross between Catherine Tate’s ‘Nan’ and

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