Manic Street Creature

<p><i>There’s this unspoken thing right? I </i><i>dunno . . . I guess, this resistance to </i><i>admitting that someone else’s trauma </i><i>can be traumatising . . .</i><br><br>Ria is a singer-songwriter. She’s talented. She’s ambitious. And she’s driven- quite literally- all the way from Lancashire to London, to start afresh in Camden Town.<br><br>Charting the rise and fall of a rollercoaster relationship, Ria is recording her debut album with her band. But the more the tracks progress, the more music and memory collide…<br><br>This soaring piece of gig theatre from Olivier Award winner Maimuna Memon brings a raw and powerful insight into first love, co-dependence and mental health care – but most of all, how music has the<br>power to help us start again.<br><br>This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning return of <i>Manic Street Creature</i> at Kiln Theatre in March 2026.</p>