Loos Loos doesn’t have backing from any big funders, and we don’t come from backgrounds that would allow us to self-fund. We’re a small but dedicated team trying our best to bring our debut play to audiences. We endlessly appreciate any support you’re able to give to make this happen.
Our Company
The ‘Loos Loos’ company is newly formed and female-lead, with members all aged under 25. Through our work we aim to expel the deep rooted shame attached to far too many aspects of girlhood, and platform the underrepresented young female voice.
We are delighted you are considering contributing towards bringing this project to life- our company will not be able to single-handedly fund Fringe’s huge financial demands. We are extremely grateful for any support you are able to provide, ensuring we can share ‘Loos Loos’ with you in August!
For more information please take a look at our website:
https://loosloos.com/
The Production
Freya and Lou are seventeen and share everything - body spray, teachers’ green-biroed exasperations, their awkwardly navigated sexuality. Loos Loos spotlights a few tumultuous weeks of their friendship. Set entirely in the toilets of their ordinary school where they feel safe to be themselves, they attempt to bar the entry of darker outside reality.
This unflinching portrayal of adolescence is intense and funny, rude and raw. There is a party and an assault. The girls struggle to bridge the gap between experience and understanding - how can you confront assault and revenge porn before you have the language to name it?
The play’s origins as verbatim writing should validate the experiences of many of our young female audience members and provide them with the rare experience of seeing their own voice represented in theatre.
The play was inspired by works such as Suzie Miller’s ‘Prima Facie’, Molly Manning-Walker’s ‘How to Have Sex’ and Alexa Morden’s ‘Hers’, continuing conversations around our warped perceptions of what a positive sexual experience is, and the hopelessness of achieving justice in a sexist system. But, ‘Loos Loos’ specifically champions an accurate portrayal of the young, naive yet fiery female voice. Although it can often seem like you are stuck in a 'lose lose' situation as a young woman in the game of growing older, this play reminds us of the immense amount of confidence, affirmation and catharsis that arises from honest, realistic and empowering conversation around girlhood and sexual assault.
* Shortlisted for the Bush Theatre's playwriting open submission 2024 *
THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR PAGE AND CONSIDERING GIVING YOUR SUPPORT TO LOOS LOOS!
"The play exposes how, from a young age, women’s friendships are forced to metabolise sexual violence before they have the language, understanding or skillset to do so."
- The Literary Team at the Bush Theatre following a playwriting open submission, Titilola Dawudu and Laetita Some, 2024
"Loved the last line - so dismissive, such a great non conclusion, no moralising, no fanfare, just that weird banter between friends."
- Caroline Friend, Theatre Director
"I really liked the colloquial dialogue… there are some lovely exchanges between the two characters and their breakup and makeup felt very emotionally honest."
- Beth Sedgewick, Community Programme Manager at the Oxford Playhouse, 2023
Writers' Note
We (co-writers Ella and Grace) met in secondary school and decided to write down our frequently occuring rants. Over the course of three years this evolved into our debut play. We are excited by depictions of the gap between event and language, how this can seep into poetic broken expressions or lead to a distorted representation of time and reality. Our intention was not to write a play that centres around a particular instance of sexual assault, but rather to authentically showcase the adolescent female experience in all its messiness; the naive yet headstrong tangle of outspoken rebellion and utter hopelessness. Yet, invariably we became confronted with the shockingly inseparable nature of girlhood and processing sexual violence, reinforcing the relevance and necessity of this story. Loos Loos is deliberately inconclusive, harsh and honest, aiming to record raw events, without the wisdom and healing that comes with age. While humorous at times, our script does not shy away from what many performance spaces still regard as taboo, which makes us all the more proud to maintain these much needed conversations with Fringe audiences.
Cost Breakdown
We want to be transparent about where your money is going, so here are the essential costs associated with taking Loos Loos to Fringe.
- Venue Hire : £1,700
- Accommodation 6 people : £4,500
- Transport : £125
- Set, Music, Insurance : £240
- Publicity : £80
- Fringe Programme Reg Fee : £393
While we hope to make money back through ticket sales, what makes Fringe inaccessible to so many creatives is the quantity of upfront costs. All funds we manage to raise will go towards the necessities required to bring the show to life, and any profits will be evenly split between all of the creatives involved.