Shedding a Skin

by Amanda Wilkin

Sometimes you crack.Sometimes you didn't mean to yell that.Sometimes you have to lay low until you've figured it outAnd sometimes, sometimes you have to hibernate until you've healed.This is a new day.Shedding a Skin is a story for our times. It's a play about finding kindness in unexpected places; about understanding what our elders can teach us; it's new skin honouring old. It's a play about joy, healing and protest.Amanda Wilkin's Shedding a Skin is the 2020 winner of Soho Theatre's acclaimed Verity Bargate Award. The play premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in June 2021.

Genres: Plays

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 15, 2021

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

not even 1,5 hours of reading but still I deeply empathised AND shed a tear AND laughed so hard I had to stop reading bc Mildred is a fucking icon

just wish I could see a performance because... how?

[🌶 peppersocks 🧦 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reflections and lessons learned:
“Connection is an act of rebellion”

I really enjoyed this short but wide ranging story about love, loss and friendship - the cross generation commentary really made the story connect - I look forward to reading more from this author

[SK · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the pleasure of seeing this show a couple weeks ago and have been thinking about it ever since, reading the text some time later only added to the experience.

Shedding a Skin is a fantastic piece of writing (and performance) and I cannot wait to see what Wilkin does next.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I'd seen this performed. Made me cry. I love it.