Lost Girl

Some secrets refuse to stay buried.

From award-winning playwright Amy Lever comes Lost Girl - a powerful, spellbinding solo performance about family, identity and the weight of inheritance.

Birdy is 19. Too old to fight boys in the playground. Too old to skip maths. Too old , apparently, to be lost. But when she stumbles across a long-buried family secret, everything changes...

Hidden in the shadows of 1930s Cairo lies a truth her grandfather would rather forget. For Birdy, uncovering it could be her only chance to rewrite the past and finally prove she isn?t as useless as she?s always believed.

Sharp, darkly funny, and deeply moving, Lost Girl collides the aching nostalgia of early-2000s girlhood with haunting biblical gothic horror. Inspired by a real family secret kept by Lever?s 98-year-old Middle Eastern grandmother, this unforgettable story explores Jewish-Arab heritage, belonging and the courage it takes to reclaim what was lost.

?Among an ever-crowded field of post Fleabag monologues, Amy Lever stands out from the crowd. It?s a rich and complex piece of storytelling? - The Stage

?Lever is a writer to keep an eye on? - The Stage

"Lever is a hugely likable performer... (and) captures with devastating accuracy a young woman on the cusp of adulthood" - The Scotsman

Written & Performed by: Amy Lever

Directed by: Dermot Daley

Produced by: Daisy Howell

Lighting Design By: Jessie Addinall

Set Design By: Lu Herbert

Sound Design By: Sonum Batra

Dramaturg: Emma Jude Harris

With special thanks to Arts Council England, The Lowry, Sheffield Theatres and Creative Industries Trafford, Waterside Arts, The Horsfall, Manchester Jewish Museum for their continued support.