When To Run
"A stunning, electrifying show full of imagination and verve."
Irvine Welsh (More press here)
If your life isn't like in the adverts - run;
until you feel all the pain you deserve.
"Like cult British TV show Nighty Night or Chris Morris' trend-destroying series Nathan Barley, Woolley writes dark, hilarious monologues that capture a single idea or person in thrilling, hyper-real detail."
Emma Warren, Electronic Beats
A one person play written and performed by Sophie Woolley and directed by Gemma Fairlie, When to Run tells the compelling story of four women runners and a man who looks a bit like Tony Soprano.
Sophie flits between a wide range of voices, performing interlocking monologues which are at once gripping, hilarious and moving. A neurotic professional, an urban teenage athlete, a secretly miserable lifestyle guru and a dog walker who hates exercise. Their lives collide as they pound the pavements of London - with fatal consequences.
"Woolley dazzles with her quick-change mastery"
Tom McCarthy, author of Remainder
Watch latest When to Run clips (2007 show not subtitled)
Watch subtitled clips from When to Run (2006 show)
For enquiries and to book Sophie to perform, use the contact form
For press enquiries use the contact form on this website.
Photography by Manuel Vason
Artistic director: Gemma Fairlie
Associate director Bronwen Carr
Producer 2006-2007 tour: Melanie Abrahams.
Original music: Matthew Yee-King
Website designed by James Merry, the animator.