Overview

We’ve got no money but we’re still in Waitrose twice a day. Because going to Tesco just makes life not even worth living.

Viv has lost a shoe. They’re her work shoes, her weekend shoes, her only pair of shoes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The curtains are falling, her foot is bleeding, and she’s starting to feel a little overwhelmed. But all will be well once she finds that missing shoe.

Funny, unnerving and precise, E. V. Crowe’s Shoe Lady premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in March 2020.