The Original ‘Fleabag’ One-Woman Stage Show Is Coming To Movie Theaters
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2019 4:00 pm EST
Entertainment Weekly reports that National Theatre Live, which regularly live broadcasts productions from the London stage (and occasionally from Broadway), is bringing the original Fleabag play to various movie theaters across the world. The shows in New York City and London have been sold out for months, but the acclaimed stage production as performed by Waller-Bridge from London’s Wyndham’s Theatre will be coming to theaters on September 12, 2019.
The original stage play hews closely to plot of the first season of Fleabag, following a young woman whose life spirals out of control as she wrestles with the grief and guilt over her best friend’s accidental’s death. She struggles to keep her guinea pig cafe afloat while butting heads with her family, including her pernicious step-mother and perfectionist sister. The nature of the stage play — which is essentially comprised of Waller-Bridge monologuing to the audience — amplifies the power of the fourth-wall breaks of the series, in all their witty asides, unseemly confessions, and raw truths.
But after the curtain drops and the applause fades, will we be left again with the gaping hole that the season 2 finale left in our hearts? Fear not: There is a forthcoming book featuring the scripts from seasons 1 and 2, as well as an afterword from Waller-Bridge. And if you’re really missing Fleabag, there’s always that French remake that I just found out exists. You’re welcome.
To find a showing near you and purchase tickets, check out the National Theatre Live website.
