Second Summer of Love a nostalgic trip through the early 1990s
One woman’s first-hand nostalgic trip through the early 1990s rave scene will be performed in a solo show at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham.
Second Summer of Love is a new solo show, written and performed by Emmy Happisburgh, and directed by Peter Bramley.
It is set between the present day and the early 1990s UK rave scene, and tells a story about first love, teenage kicks, mother-daughter relationships and the ups and downs of drugs.
In the show, original 1990s raver Louise, wonders how she went from ecstasy-taking, anti-establishment idealist, to respectable, disillusioned school gate yummy mummy.
Emmy Happisburgh said: “Over the last 10 years, flashbacks of my teens/early 20s kept dropping into my mind – usually while jogging to house music – some memories made me laugh and some made me run faster to escape the pain.
“I began to wonder, what happened to the inclusivity, human connectivity, sense of community, optimism and complete love that we all felt so profoundly in those beautiful raves?
“Now that we of Generation X are grown-ups, and parents, can we still make the world a better place? While coming to terms with mid-life, revisiting memories and writing became a healing process for me and evolved, eventually into this comedy love story.”
Second Summer of Love uses an empty space with one, prop-free actor, except for a bucket hat and a couple of glow-sticks.
Peter Bramley said: “Two years of isolation have encouraged us to simplify and strip everything back to make the purest theatre.
“For one performer to pull an audience in to a whole world, created singlehandedly through physical storytelling, and by embodying vivid interacting characters, and to share a beautiful, nostalgic, moving and funny story, feels like a return to our theatrical roots.”
Picture: Emmy Happisburgh in Second Summer of Love Picture: Damian McFadden
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