Hemlines is a play that grew out of late-night conversations between the friends. It is a well-known and documented phenomenon that the money markets will rise and fall with the length of a skirt (or vice versa).

What if there was some guiding force behind this observation, maybe three fates working in a quiet corner of the heavens, transforming fabric into a range of stunning creations and controlling more than just the length of a skirt?

Two of the seamstresses Eleanor (Alice Badger) and Doris (Madison Chippendale) have worked there for millennia before Eleanor, who never makes a mistake, did on this one occasion. Which resulted in, Flossy (Lana Filies) joining them in the sewing room.

Two hundred years later Flossy is bored and wants to go back to the world she left behind.

She is clumsy and constantly asks questions about why they are making these clothes and who wears them. Eleanor and Doris show Ginny the needle through which they can view the outside world.

The three actors give a solid performance and their voices blend nicely in the musical interludes courtesy of Amelia Gilday’s adaption of Kate Bush numbers.

This is a gentle and charming play, a genuinely feel-good production, which has been perfectly crafted and performed for a fringe theatre stage.

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4 stars.

Reviewed by Nina Gardner.

https://www.praguefringe.com/cz/program/hemlines/

Director/ composer.    Amelia Gilday
Flossy.            Lana Filies
Eleanor.        Alicia Badger
Doris.      Madison Chippendale