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        • King Mob
        • Things That Ooze Out of Me
        • Road
        • The Women Through The Window
      • Winter Musical 2019
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        • The Lover, The Father, The Innocent 2020
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      • 24 Hour Fest 2018
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        • Postman vs. Milkman
        • Force D'Imaginer
        • Butterflies
        • FLAT
        • The Erl-King
        • Last Friday Night: A Katy Perry Musical
        • Shakespeare (& Friends) Festival 2019
          • Macbeth Studios
          • Pyramus and Thisbe
        • The Grey Area Festival 2019
          • 24 Hours
          • Ashes
          • The Door
          • Wake House
      • New Writers' Festival 2019
        • Biscuits
        • The Cabaret At The End Of The World
        • Najma's Fall
        • Hold On Me
        • She & Her
        • Late Night Live
      • Spring Fling Festival 2019
        • She is a Place Called Home
        • A Tale of Two Parties!
        • Cupcake
        • Bull
        • Papa Goose
      • Edinburgh Fringe Shows 2019
        • Auto-Nation
        • If I Die On Mars
        • At This Stage
        • Rock'n'Roll Girls
      • Pictland (ACT 2 FESTIVAL)
    • 2017/18
      • 24 Hour Festival 2017
      • A METHOD IN THE MADNESS Festival
        • The Dining Room
        • Love Potion No. 9
        • FractaL
        • Endgame
      • A Christmas Carol-ish
      • Shakespeare Festival
        • A Night of Mechanicals
        • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
        • i am the man?
        • Elsignored
      • New Writers' Festival
        • Polar
        • Stealth
        • And the Winters Cannot Fade Her
        • The Sound of Smoke
        • Spelunkers
      • Anything Goes 2018
      • Doorbell
      • The Premature Apocalypse
      • Don't Dress for Dinner
      • Blood and Ice
      • Spring Fling 2018
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
        • A&E
        • Rat Race
        • Same Old Same Oldies
        • Deadline
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      • 24 Hour Festival 2016
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        • Eve
        • Slight Delay
        • Another Country
        • Us and Them
        • Moonfleece
        • Made in Bangkok
      • Drapers: The Panto Musical
      • Shakespeare Festival 2017
        • Romeo and Lady Capulet
        • The Tempest
      • New Writers Festival 2017
        • Condolences
        • You Didn't Have To
        • When John Met Joseph
        • Cardboard City
        • Time Lapse
      • Spring Fling 2017
        • Mashed Potatoes
        • Down the Plughole
        • Party
        • A Musical (The Musical)
        • Talk to me like the Rain
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
        • Dead Men Tell No Tale
        • Space Dogs
        • WAGGO
        • Givin' It Some
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        • Crapappella
        • Rotterz
        • iDolls
        • Monkhouse
      • London Edinburgh Fringe Previews
      • Spring Fling Charity Festival
        • Brains
      • Anything Goes Festival
      • JELLYFISH (ACT 2 Festival)
      • New Writers' Festival
        • Blind Mice
        • Toxicity
        • Bump
      • Shakespeare Festival
        • Twelfth Night
      • Den
      • Musical Festival
        • Twisted Testicles Festival
          • The Maids
          • Men Without Shadows
          • Dracula
          • Playhouse Creatures
      • 24 Hour Festival 2015
    • 2014/15
      • Mnemonic
      • Gas
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2015
        • A Fistful of Hunny
        • D.I.M - Department of Ideal Matchmaking
        • HOUSEPLAY
        • ACOrN - A Crunch or None
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      • Chocks Away
      • Epitasis
      • Riot Act
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IMAGINARY FRIENDS


In her final few years of school, 17 year old Amy Downham attempts to rebuild her social circle two years after it collapses around her. However, standing in her way is Victoria, the girlfriend of her old best friend Eli, and her bitter jealousy of any interaction they have. An uncontrollable insecurity about her own relationship means she'll go to any lengths to stop those two becoming close again.


But now, Elijah and Amy are forced to spend time together because they've been cast in the school play. Yes, the same one that's written and directed by the no-nonsense, bohemian head of Drama... Amy's mother.

However, there is still someone who will be standing by her through all this. The only person she can turn to for support and advice. Her best friend, An.

An Xiety.

Imaginary Friends explores the development and dealing-with of mental health problems in the life of one young person. It examines how these issues can impact not only the sufferer but the people around them, questioning if today's society copes with mental health stigma well enough, if it even copes with it at all.

WRITTEN BY
GWYN LAWRENCE
DIRECTED BY GWYN LAWRENCE & MARIELLA BUCCI
PRODUCTION DESIGN ​MARIELLA BUCCI
TECHNICAL DESIGN  JORDAN BASSETT
PHOTOS MARTHA LLOYD

CAST:
AMY: CHLOE HOCKING
AN XIETY: ELLIE CALNAN
MRS DOWNHAM/EMILY: RACHEL JERMY
VICTORIA: RHEA COSFORD
ELIJAH: BEN ROBINSON
CHARLES/DR COPE: CONNOR MCPHEE




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      • The Scotsman
      • My Flatmate The Fish/Killer
      • Return to Sender
      • Can You Hear Me?
      • Time Zones
      • ACT II 2021
    • 2019/20
      • Sketch Fest 2019
      • Anything Goes 2019
        • King Mob
        • Things That Ooze Out of Me
        • Road
        • The Women Through The Window
      • Winter Musical 2019
      • 24 Hour Festival 2020
      • New Writers Festival 2020
        • The Last Of Them 2020
        • The Lover, The Father, The Innocent 2020
        • Taupe War 2020
        • If I Were A Sparrow 2020
        • Thirst 2020
        • White Linen, Grey Clouds 2020
    • 2018/19
      • 24 Hour Fest 2018
      • Pantomime 2018
      • Anything Goes 2018
        • Postman vs. Milkman
        • Force D'Imaginer
        • Butterflies
        • FLAT
        • The Erl-King
        • Last Friday Night: A Katy Perry Musical
        • Shakespeare (& Friends) Festival 2019
          • Macbeth Studios
          • Pyramus and Thisbe
        • The Grey Area Festival 2019
          • 24 Hours
          • Ashes
          • The Door
          • Wake House
      • New Writers' Festival 2019
        • Biscuits
        • The Cabaret At The End Of The World
        • Najma's Fall
        • Hold On Me
        • She & Her
        • Late Night Live
      • Spring Fling Festival 2019
        • She is a Place Called Home
        • A Tale of Two Parties!
        • Cupcake
        • Bull
        • Papa Goose
      • Edinburgh Fringe Shows 2019
        • Auto-Nation
        • If I Die On Mars
        • At This Stage
        • Rock'n'Roll Girls
      • Pictland (ACT 2 FESTIVAL)
    • 2017/18
      • 24 Hour Festival 2017
      • A METHOD IN THE MADNESS Festival
        • The Dining Room
        • Love Potion No. 9
        • FractaL
        • Endgame
      • A Christmas Carol-ish
      • Shakespeare Festival
        • A Night of Mechanicals
        • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
        • i am the man?
        • Elsignored
      • New Writers' Festival
        • Polar
        • Stealth
        • And the Winters Cannot Fade Her
        • The Sound of Smoke
        • Spelunkers
      • Anything Goes 2018
      • Doorbell
      • The Premature Apocalypse
      • Don't Dress for Dinner
      • Blood and Ice
      • Spring Fling 2018
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
        • A&E
        • Rat Race
        • Same Old Same Oldies
        • Deadline
    • 2016/17
      • 24 Hour Festival 2016
      • Location Location Location
        • Eve
        • Slight Delay
        • Another Country
        • Us and Them
        • Moonfleece
        • Made in Bangkok
      • Drapers: The Panto Musical
      • Shakespeare Festival 2017
        • Romeo and Lady Capulet
        • The Tempest
      • New Writers Festival 2017
        • Condolences
        • You Didn't Have To
        • When John Met Joseph
        • Cardboard City
        • Time Lapse
      • Spring Fling 2017
        • Mashed Potatoes
        • Down the Plughole
        • Party
        • A Musical (The Musical)
        • Talk to me like the Rain
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
        • Dead Men Tell No Tale
        • Space Dogs
        • WAGGO
        • Givin' It Some
    • 2015/16
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2016
        • Crapappella
        • Rotterz
        • iDolls
        • Monkhouse
      • London Edinburgh Fringe Previews
      • Spring Fling Charity Festival
        • Brains
      • Anything Goes Festival
      • JELLYFISH (ACT 2 Festival)
      • New Writers' Festival
        • Blind Mice
        • Toxicity
        • Bump
      • Shakespeare Festival
        • Twelfth Night
      • Den
      • Musical Festival
        • Twisted Testicles Festival
          • The Maids
          • Men Without Shadows
          • Dracula
          • Playhouse Creatures
      • 24 Hour Festival 2015
    • 2014/15
      • Mnemonic
      • Gas
      • Edinburgh Fringe 2015
        • A Fistful of Hunny
        • D.I.M - Department of Ideal Matchmaking
        • HOUSEPLAY
        • ACOrN - A Crunch or None
    • 2013/14
      • Chocks Away
      • Epitasis
      • Riot Act
      • ...And Other Bitter Things
      • Our Shaun
      • Sweeney Todd
      • Othello
      • Coping
      • Monkeys & Typewriters
      • Old Gristle
      • Deprescos