Weather Girl offers an upbeat and over glossed impression into the life of the Californian Weather Girl Stacey played by the multi-talented Julia McDermot. The heat is rising and the sun is shining.
Life under the polished veneer image that Weather Girl attempts to portray is a life being fuelled by Prosecco and very little food. Attempting to portray a public image that is nothing close to her reality.
California is closely being surrounded by wildfires and the temperatures are rising fast and furious. However, the television manager of the station is adamant that Stacey remains positive at all times and doesn’t pass on any information given by the authorities to evacuate. Her job is to remain upbeat and just do the Weather forecast.
As Stacey opens up about her off-screen life we discover the glamour is left on screen. Her mother is homeless due to addiction and Stacey appears to find her and reconnect. However, as an alcoholic combined with the haze from the heat, the information isn’t-reliable and she could be imagining that the lady she sees is her Mother as the reactions are very one-sided.
The lighting design for this production is outstanding and paramount to the lasting impact that Weather Girl leaves on the audience. From the sunny forecast scenes against the green background used by television sets to the darker powerful scenes where Stacey is about to crash and change direction.
A powerful piece of theatre which exposes the reality of television against the glossed images that media outlets throw out into the world. Nothing is quite as it appears. Especially when the world around you is on fire.
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Five Stars.
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