★★★★  The Guardian

“It is young, full of spluttering energy and has a real fire in its belly about the need to retain your optimism in a cruel world – Hickson really is a little bit special”

Capital T presents the US premiere of

Precious Little Talent

by Ella Hickson

Directed by Scott Tipton

The Blue Theatre

January 25th-February 11th

“Weigh your present against the dreams you had as a child – woe betide the man that falls short”

Joey, a recent grad who is buried in a mountain of student debt, travels from England only to turn up jobless and unannounced at her estranged father’s flat in New York. In the flat she is more than surprised to find Sam, a quirky and idealistic young American with whom she has just had shared an intense and spontaneous experience the previous evening. She soon learns that his arrival in her life is much more than a simple coincidence. As one part of her life deteriorates a very unlikely transatlantic love story emerges.

Precious Little Talent is a refreshing story of love’s triumph over loss and what it means to arrive at adulthood during a time when the rules seem to be shifting and the ground is unsteady. Capital T is proud to present the US Premiere of the latest breakout hit from London penned by Britain’s hottest young playwright Ella Hickson starring Joey Banks, Melissa Drew, and Joe Penrod directed by Scott Tipton.

★★★★ The Times

“…The play is refreshing, honestly and strongly about now. Ask no more”: Critics Choice.

★★★★ Evening Standard

“The writing feels fresh and is beautifully observed: funny, original, touching and authentic.”

★★★★ The Daily Mail

“Radiant – wonderfully witty – you will be left wanting, but for all the right reasons. Her style is witty and strikingly aphoristic”

★★★★ The Telegraph

“The script bursts with freshness…a charming and quirkily appealing play; a little gem”

Cast

Sam – Joey Banks
Joey – Melissa Drew
George – Joe Penrod

Directions

Capital T’s production is being presented at The Blue Theatre. The Blue Theatre is located at 916 Springdale Rd. in East Austin. It is nestled behind a Goodwill Warehouse.

The Blue Theatre 916 Springdale Rd Austin, Texas 78702

Map to the Blue Theatre

About the Playwright

Ella Hickson – Playwright
Ella Hickson arrived onto the British theatre scene in 2008 with her debut play Eight, which won a Fringe First, The Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Award and was nominated for an Evening Standard Award. Eight went on to tour in New York and at London’s Trafalgar Studios and is now regularly performed both here and abroad.

Since Eight, Precious Little Talent has been performed at Trafalgar Studios, Soup at The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and Hot Mess at Latitude Festival and The Arcola tent. Ella has completed a creative writing MA at The University of Edinburgh and spent a year working with The Traverse Theatre as their Emerging Playwright on Attachment. She is a member of The Old Vic New Voices and is currently under commission to Headlong Theatre, with whom she recently collaborated onDecade. She is the 2011 Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Lyric Hammersmith.

Ella also writes for radio and TV. She recently participated in Channel 4’s Screenwriting Course and is currently in active commission on a number of original drama projects. Her Radio 4 play, Rightfully Mine, transmitted this year and her first short film, Hold On Me, will be screening at the London Film Festival 2011.

Related posts:

1. Interview with Precious Little Talent Playwright Ella Hickson
2. PRECIOUS LITTLE TALENT video trailer