sorry did I wake you
A Play
Written by Nina Georgieff with Beth Collins
Directed by Marilena Sitaropoulou
Original Dramaturgy by: Emma Jude Harris
Produced by Nina Georgieff and Beth Collins
A whirlwind tale of sisterhood and grief: sorry did I wake you is a story masterfully told with overwhelming love.
★ ★ ★ ★
“it feels intimate in the small playing space but doesn’t shy away from asking big questions”
(The Spy in the Stalls)
Meet Annie, Bea and Bear. Suddenly Bea is gone. Annie is broken. And there's a bear that won’t go away. sorry did I wake you follows two sisters as they cope with the trials of becoming adults and being alive. This is a story about having a sister and losing her. It explores love, death, and the relationships we take for granted. In this exploration of grief, we use movement and original songs to guide the audience through a sea of memories and imagined realities as the characters stumble through a world turned upside down by sudden and heartbreaking death.
“What is at the centre of this innovative play is movement, both physically but also in its narrative.”
(The Spy in the Stalls)
sorry did I wake you asks: What happens to your mind and body when you grieve? Is recovery even possible? And if so, how? With a female-led team scattered across the UK, Germany, the US and Greece, and a rigorously researched understanding of the ways in which grief affects the body, this is a heartfelt exploration of rough-and-tumble love and desolate loneliness; and a call to action to remember what’s important in life. In this incredibly personal play, discover what Annie, and in fact, we all need - to begin healing, by allowing our bodies to move through heartbreak.
“The play may be no picnic, but the bear and the two girls help us to understand the infinite sadness true of loss.”
(The Spy in the Stalls)
“sorry did I wake you is not only a timely reflection of the experience of coping with grief, its team also encourages us to find our own inner bears and use them to have the strength to survive.”
(Upper Circle)
“Loved loved sorry did I wake you @TristanBates - heart-wrenching exploration of sisterly love and grief. Well done everyone in @sdiwy !”
Alex (Twitter)
“Saw the beautiful @sdiwy last night... Movement is stunning, writing exquisite. Bring tissues”
Caitlin (Twitter)
“I thought it was a really lovely piece and genuinely affecting. The end was haunting. I think you should do it at VAULT. Seems like a great fit.”
Matt (Facebook)
sorry did I wake you was first performed at Tristan Bates Theatre in July 2019.
sorry did I wake you was shortlisted for Middle Child Hull’s Associate Writers Programme in 2020.
An excerpt of sorry did I wake you was longlisted for Flux Theatre’s ‘Emerge’ New Writing Night in 2019.
Nina was accepted onto the National Theatre’s ‘How To Begin Playwriting’ course, led by Chris Bush, and Bryony Kimmings’ Workshop Week, where she began developing sorry did I wake you.
