Like I do every August, I’ve been spending time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. But the most outstanding one for me is one that I didn’t intend to see.

Almost Adult is the story, told in monologue form by Charlotte Anne-Tilley, about a young woman who leaves her hometown in Macclesfield for a job in London. While watching a five-minute preview, I realised the concept was similar to a one-woman monologue I wrote. This evolved from a dissertation I wrote as part of my MLitt degree.

There were a number of similarities. Two of the characters in Almost Adult had the same names as mine, the narrator was portrayed as naive, and both plays were set in locations away from home. Ultimately, they went in different narrative directions, plus mine wasn’t based on a true story.

The playwright was selling copies of the script outside the venue, and we had a chat about some of the themes in her work. At the age of just 23, she’s already written what I consider an exceptional piece of work, and I look forward to what she produces next.

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Published by Gavin Cameron

I've been writing fiction and poetry since 2010, and run two writers' groups. This is a blog to talk about that writing, and to speak to fellow authors.

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