”This is not just good, it is writing of such skill and precision that it could have been done with a diamond cutter. There is not one single wasted word, not one phrase that does not play perfectly” - Kate Copstick ★★★★★ The Scotsman, Edinburgh Festival
About the play:
After a hugely successful world tour from UK to Australia and all points in between, pausing only to receive a 5 star review from the prestigious Edinburgh Festival, A Very British Lesbian makes her triumphant return to Santa Monica, Provincetown and Ithaca, NY.
Despite religious exorcisms, a lifetime of jungian analysis, dating countless beautiful but unavailable women and one very available man called Bob, Fiona Goodwin is and always will be a very British lesbian (we think.) Fiona Goodwin trained as a nun in her early 20s. Following several failed exorcisms and a starring role on stage as Satan with a wandering troupe of missionaries in South America, she redeemed herself for countless years as an inner city teacher in the UK. Her dramatic escape to the US in 2005 and the strange adventures that have followed her, are the inspiration for her one woman show.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES of
"A Very British Lesbian":
SOLD OUT! (to get on waiting list, email fiona@fionagoodwin.com)
Sunday September 22nd at 5 pm
Santa Monica Playhouse
4th Fourth St
Santa Monica, CA 90401
RED ROOM
4pm 16/17/18/19 October
258, Commercial St,
Provincetown MA 02657
7pm October 27/ 28
The Kitchen Theatre
417 W State/MLK Jr St, Ithaca, NY 14850
SOLD OUT! (to get on waiting list, email fiona@fionagoodwin.com)
Sunday September 22nd at 5 pm
Santa Monica Playhouse
4th Fourth St
Santa Monica, CA 90401 asl;dfjsaf
RED ROOM
4pm 16/17/18/19 October
258, Commercial St,
Provincetown MA 02657
7pm October 27/ 28
The Kitchen Theatre
417 W State/MLK Jr St, Ithaca, NY 14850
”Few have the ability to combine comedy and pathos, to walk that fine line between laughter and tears. I saw such a rare gifted performer last week in a sold out theatre performance in Santa Monica, CA, Fiona Goodwin is ‘A very British lesbian.” - Robin Tyler
And here is the memoir...
“Fiona delivers her soul baring tale with such comic dexterity and deftness that she gifts the reader with something quite precious and contradictory. …the power to see each painful step in her journey with compassion and empathy.. but given sweet permission to have a hearty laugh at it all.” Russell Carpenter - Oscar Winner Cinematography - Titanic
Fiona Goodwin first kissed a girl at the age of eighteen in 1970. She was as shocked as anyone, and her confession to the pastor led to a failed Linda Blair-style exorcism. The odyssey that followed included training as a nun in Italy, a starring role as Satan with a wandering troupe of missionaries in Honduras, filmsets in Hollywood, the Comedy Store in LA, a five-star review at the Edinburgh Festival 2019, and eventually a journey with ayahuasca in Peru.
A love story of epic proportions and the struggle to shed the cult of fundamentalist Christianity are at the heart of this story. Its universal appeal is in the courage to tell the truth: everybody has the choice to keep the status quo and live a muted version of themselves, but this memoir is a rallying cry for anyone, straight or gay, who has denied the bigger truth of who they are.
"Be sure to catch Fiona Goodwin’s one-woman show. It’s hilariously honest and refreshingly authentic. The book “had me laughing out loud and wanting more.” - Drew Heriot, Director of The Secret