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Algorithms description
Meet Brooke. She writes the code that drives the algorithms for an online dating app. She has a job, a flat and a girlfriend, but when she finds herself unexpectedly single as her 30th birthday approaches, she tries online dating for herself... and discovers love isn’t that simple after all.
A highly amusing one-woman show
Loved for its warm, engaging feel, we enter a play that takes us through a personal crisis most of us have experienced at some point or another. Everyone else seems to be either settled and happy or single and happy, and we’re left wondering what went wrong, feeling left out and left behind. If you loved Fleabag you’ll love this slick, highly amusing one-woman production directed by Madelaine Moore.
Lonely Brooke, played by Sadie Clark in a one-woman tour de force, is suffering a bad case of FOMO, which forces her to take action. She’s feeling the pressure to settle down but the first dates she embarks upon are all horribly disappointing. Revealing the messy and confusing side of Millennial life, the story reveals how humans are a lot more complicated than even the most sophisticated piece of code can handle.
About Sadie Clark
Sadie Clark is a winner of the TV Foundation’s Netflix Stage to Screen New Voice Award. She describes herself as a queer, bisexual, neurodivergent actor, writer and improviser. She has performed at Soho Theatre, Pleasance Courtyard, Omnibus Theatre, The Nottingham Playhouse and the Mercury Theatre.
Algorithms is her debut play. It sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, named a best of the festival pick in The Guardian before transferring to Soho Theatre for two separate sold-out runs. In 2021 it was adapted into a six-part original audio series for Audible, released in 2022 and shortlisted for the BBC Audio Drama Awards. The show won a Silver ARIAS for ‘Best Drama’ in 2023.
Described as a bisexual Bridget Jones for the online generation, it touches on so many subjects so many of us experience. As it turns out, aiming for perfection can badly damage your self-worth. You’ll adore this quirky, highly relevant play-for-today.
Playing at Park Theatre
Age restrictions
Ages 14+