{"product_id":"main-character-energy-9781350614192","title":"Main Character Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis show is not about race. Or oppression.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's about me!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's about how deserving I am of attention . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautiful and supremely talented black actress is putting on an autobiographical one woman show to finally take up the space she's been so routinely denied. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's your privilege, your honour and your pre-eminent pleasure to give her all the attention she deserves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this 'perfect send up of the one woman show' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) our heroine is forced to confront her insatiable need for attention in a show that is as self-aware as it is self-indulgent. A high camp cocktail of comedy and cabaret, this flamboyant parody is an uplifting and life affirming celebration of embracing your most authentic self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the 2025 UK tour and run at the Soho Theatre, London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTemi Wilkey\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor \u0026amp; writer from North London. She studied English at Cambridge before training with the National Youth Theatre REP company in 2014. Temi was a member of the Royal Court's Young Writers Group in 2017 and wrote her debut play, \u003ci\u003eThe High Table\u003c\/i\u003e, at the course's culmination. It was produced at the Bush Theatre in Lynette Linton's debut season, and won Temi the Stage Debut Award for Best Writer in 2020. She also co-founded \u0026amp; co-directed the Drag King company, Pecs, performing in the sell-out runs of their shows at venues including Soho Theatre, The Yard \u0026amp; Tate Britain before leaving the company in 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTemi wrote an episode of Netflix's \u003ci\u003eSex Education\u003c\/i\u003e S3 for which she was nominated for the NAACP award for Outstanding writing in a Comedy Series. She also wrote two episodes for Disney Plus's \u003ci\u003eWedding Season. \u003c\/i\u003eTemi is working on her own original projects in the UK and the US. In 2021 she was on the BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew programme mentored by Russell T Davies and was named one of the Forbes 30 under 30.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998187159826,"sku":"9781350614192","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0355e0ef-6afd-4f76-af85-96afae42a939.jpg?v=1770142872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/main-character-energy-9781350614192","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}