I Dreamt You Differently is a topical play about ambition and its value, dreams and desires and the importance of inter-generational communication. The production pivots on a tender, joyful, yet complex and heartbreaking father and daughter relationship. The play explores why we have ambitions and aspirations and whether these goals begin at home through family values. Mariella, the daughter is a singer, she is guided by her passion for her craft. Her father, Billy, is a salesman who only values cold, hard facts and figures. This two hander features original music and new songs. I Dreamt You Differently is a celebration of how powerful art can be. Abbey Gillett wrote I Dreamt You Differently and plays Mariella. Abbey is a performer, writer and founder of Milk + Mallet theatre company, alongside Elsa Strachan, director Milk + Mallet make playful, music-led theatre that finds absurd, theatrical ways of telling naturalistic stories. Andrew Pearson-Wright plays Billy; His theatre credits include The Mousetrap (West End, London), Andrew is Co-Artistic Director of The Long Lane Theatre Company, for whom he co-wrote and starred in The Giant Killers, which debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, followed by two national tours. The play is currently being developed into a film.

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