Dear Little Loz
Written and Performed by Lauren-Nicole Mayes
Director/Producer: Izzy Parriss
Lighting Designer: Harry Sloggett
Technical Operator: Claire Hill
Dear Little Loz is a poetic exploration of love – love for the scabby boys in Blackpool, dodgy dates with Dave and the desperate need for a daddy-daughter connection. Love comes at a price but what are we willing to pay for it? Could Loz be a mixture of all the men she’s ever met and the love she’s lost between them all. What we attach ourselves to as a child might be the connection we search for our whole lives…
This show was part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Programme. It was performed with theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5th-27th August 2022.
For a recorded version of this performance please email hello@izzyparrissproductions.com.
Reviews
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‘To write that Dear Little Loz is an exploration of one woman’s search for love is to risk diminishing its scope, power and understanding of the human condition’
Broadway Baby
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‘Impressive stamina propels… fast-paced and bittersweet tale’
Fringe Biscuit
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‘It is amazing how Lauren-Nicole Mayes and Izzy Parriss Productions have created one of the best shows at Edinburgh Fringe using only two items: a stage block and a digestive biscuit’
The Student
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‘Mayes is a skilled observer of teenage behaviour’
The Stage
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‘Mayes’ writing and performance is a theatrical force that shows a huge amount of promise’
The Scotsman
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‘A powerful piece exploring – and written with – love’
Three Weeks in Edinburgh
About the artist
Lauren-Nicole Mayes is a writer and actress from Blackpool Lancashire and now living in Salford. Lauren broke into the world of writing having noticed a lack of stories being told representing the women who had raised her.
She trained as an actress at Italia Conti Academy Of Theatre Arts and was awarded the Tracie Bennett: Most Promising Actress award upon graduation. Since then she has gone on to work in both television and theatre, playing roles such as Gina King: The Bay Series 2 ITV, Chantelle Wilder: Coronation Street and Lauren: The Other Side Of Valerie Hope,BFI/Creative England. Most recently her one woman show, Dear Little Loz, Produced by Izzy Parriss productions received a full run at Edinburgh fringe to rave reviews. Since winning Monologue Slam in 2016, a competition set up by Jimmy Akingbola for emerging writers and actors to experiment with their own work, Lauren has continued to write original material. In 2021, she was chosen as Very Rascals Theatre’s writer on attachment for her poetry work; Might Love Be For All Of Us and was awarded The Arvon Foundation’s poetry scholarship for their writer’s retreat. Lauren was commissioned by Burn Bright Theatre: Hear Me Roar for her piece, Dear Little Loz in June 2021. Dear Little Loz has since been developed by Izzy Pariss Productions for a full run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Her short film, LADS LADS LADS in partnership with Hotel Football UK and several mental health charities was produced and released by La De La Studios. Lauren was selected as one of the five finalists for the Sky Studios & Box Of Tricks ScreenPlay Award for her script BABYNUN XO which received development from The Lowry Theatre. Lauren is an Associate artist for Oldham Coliseum and will work with the theatre for the next twelve months, including facilitating a new writing workshop, Scribbles. Lauren is excited to be developing her own treatment for television and has recently signed to United Agents as an actress.
Twitter- @laurennicolema - Instagram- @laurennicolemayes_