Set Against The Backdrop Of Adversity, A Twist Of Lemon Highlights The Courage, Strength And Humility Of Young Lesbians And Lesbians Living In The North East.
Butch Jackie wants a holiday, so four women set off to the island of Lesvos. However, a lost suitcase, along with a white knuckle ride on the resort’s banana boat, not only put one woman’s back out but also resulted in the woman having a major fallout.
Set against adversity, A Twist of Lemon highlights the courage, strength and humility of young lesbians and lesbians living in the North East. It gives audiences a rare opportunity to witness the stories of a minority that, in the central part, are invisible to the rest of society. Like heterosexuals, they fall in and out of love, experience the trials and tribulations of bringing up children. Still, their lives bear the imprint of a world where they, and their children, experience prejudice and discrimination. It takes time for change, but how slow does this clock have to tick? Open Clasp says it’s time to wind it up. To create the characters, Open Clasp’s Friends of Dorothy project conducted 48 hours of drama workshops with 73 lesbians and young lesbians over a two-year period.
