Wednesday 11 June at 2pm
The Sainsbury Theatre, LAMDA
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)
Contains depictions of sex and relationships, manipulation and power dynamics within intimate relationships and mental health struggles. Use of explicit language and microaggressions throughout.
• You are welcome to leave and re-enter from the theatre as you need.
• There is a break-out area available called the Mezzanine
• House lighting is on low throughout, never going to full black-out.
• Loud noises are reduced.
• No strobe lighting is used.
• You are welcome to react to the show however you want.
• At the end of this document is a show synopsis and sensory guide .
Here is a guide to sensory information symbols in this document:
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Indicates fighting, or use of guns/weapons
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When you arrive at LAMDA, the box office is to your right. You should pick up your ticket here, using your name.
Toilets are located right next to box office.
LAMDA staff will be wearing LAMDA branded T-Shirts or lanyards. If you need any assistance whilst in the building, please ask them.
This is the Theatre Foyer. You may be asked to wait here until the house is open.
You will be shown how to get to the Sainsbury Theatre by an usher.
This performance will take place in the Sainsbury Theatre.
This is the entrance.
When you enter, an Usher will take your ticket from you.
You can sit in any seat. The house lights will stay on low throughout the show.
There is a break-out space called ‘The Rittner Room’ which you are welcome to use at any point during your visit. It can be accessed via the stairs or lift in the main entrance foyer.
If you aren’t sure about any of this information during your visit please ask an usher or anybody wearing a lanyard.
Before the show begins, the actors will introduce themselves and the characters they are playing.
The lights in the theatre will dim and she show will start. You can leave and re-enter if you need to through the doors you came in through.
At the end of the show the actors will come on and bow. You are welcome to clap at this point if you would like.
Below is a brief synopsis of the play to aid in contextualizing the following sensory guide.
“We can all be together, here, in this house, like we used to be, like we always said it would be, well now it’s time! It’s been three years, three years, and now it’s time!“
The Glue are a fun-loving gang of friends who haven’t all been together since school.
So, when they finally reunite at Ducky’s family home, they’re raring to live it up like they used to. But this close-knit clique is about to realise that the bonds between them are not unbreakable…
Below is a sensory guide for the performance that shows potential distressing actions in the play, split up by scenes
There is music playing which gets louder as the show begins
Scene 1
The characters Ducky and BT discuss Ducky’s mother going away due to her illness
Later on Princess arrives and we find out her is sober due to his past addiction
Scene 2
No distressing content
Scene 3
The characters discuss Mia’s sex life graphically
Scene 4
Ducky takes a spliff out of a plant pot and tries to peer pressure Bitch into smoking it with her
Ducky suggests that Mia should have had an abortion
In the middle of the scene Bitch and Butch end up having an argument over their dog Hillary
At the end of the scene BT and Mia have a stand off which ends sharply
After Shed’s speech Ducky begins to cry
When Mia suggests leaving Ducky snaps at her and they argue
The group are discussing Shed’s relationship and this turns into an argument
Butch talks about the generational trauma they carry due to their grandparents relationship
When MC arrives he takes out some drugs and offers them around.
Later in the scene when N00B calls Ducky ‘Rosie’ she shouts at him
N00B is rejected badly by Ducky and she leaves him alone outside
Scene 9
No distressing content
Scene 10
No distressing content
Scene 11
Ducky talks about her mum’s late-stage illness and how she feels about her dying
Once Ducky finds out Shed’s news she becomes hysterical and wakes everyone up
Once MC finds out the news he goes to hug Shed but before he can Ducky physically assaults him
Ducky is locked out by the others and has a breakdown. She acts in violent and unpredictable ways, screaming and hurting herself in the process
During the end people will clap and may stand up, cheer or shout to tell the actors they did a good job