{"product_id":"the-girlfriend-experience-9781854595263","title":"The Girlfriend Experience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true-life play about friendship, heartbreak and business enterprise... in a seaside brothel.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTessa has set up a business: a brothel where mature women specialise in offering the 'Girlfriend Experience', a surprisingly caring and sympathetic service.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs the women stoically strive to make a living in a competitive market, their personal lives start to crumble. Will they ever have loving relationships outside work and enjoy being girlfriends themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Girlfriend Experience\u003c\/em\u003e continues the verbatim-theatre technique Alecky Blythe developed in \u003cem\u003eCome Out Eli\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCruising\u003c\/em\u003e. The play is created entirely from conversations recorded inside an actual brothel, edited and replicated on stage in all their uncanny verisimilitude.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlecky Blythe's play was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2008. The production transferred to the Young Vic, London, in July 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny, touching and absolutely filthy... a hugely entertaining eye-opener of a show'\u003c\/p\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poignant, sometimes disturbing, often riotously funny'\u003c\/p\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'These women aren't patronised or made into gargoyles: their sentences are gorgeous. They simply reveal their lives. What more could you want from the theatre?'\u003c\/p\u003e * Observer *","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864113086807,"sku":"9781854595263","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781854595263.jpg?v=1759921590","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-girlfriend-experience-9781854595263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}