Things don't change no matter how much you want them to. You try, you run away, you make things new but they're not. It's just the same old shit covered in lipstick.

Maud, a woman on the run from her damaged past, has sheltered Cynthia from the outside world for the last few years. But while Cynthia is a recluse, living for their dressing-up box, their fairy tales and Shirley Bassey on YouTube, Maud meets Dennis, a security guard at her office. As Cynthia clings, Maud begins to dream of escaping their isolated and claustrophobic world.

Annie Jenkins' debut play In Lipstick gives savage, funny and heartfelt voice to two women trapped in a fractured city, not quite knowing how to love each other.

About the Author
Annie Jenkins has written two full-length plays, In Lipstick and Staying at Stacey's. In 2016 In Lipstick received two rehearsed readings; as part of PlayWROUGHT at the Arcola and Druid Theatre's 'Druid Debuts' season for the Galway International Arts Festival. It was also shortlisted for the Theatre503 Award. In 2018 she wrote one half of VOID at VAULT Festival, winning a VAULT Innovation Award as well as writing and producing A Tinder Trilogy at The Hen & Chickens Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe. She wrote and co-directed Funemployed which was screened at various festivals including the London Short Film Festival in 2017. Short plays include: Sing a Song of Silence (Arcola Youth Theatre), What About England? (Islington Mill), Lunch in My Car (Theatre N16), 50% Lesbian, 100% Scared (Park Theatre/Bunker Theatre) and Annie's 1000 plays (Shakespeare in Shoreditch). She took part in the first HighTide Writers' Group.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571354566
Author Annie Jenkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 125g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 125mm * 8mm