Children of Addicted Parents and People

Outside Edge Theatre Company presents

My Name's Bill

Scripted and directed by Phil Fox

It’s 1935 and America is caught in the great depression. Unable to work for years, Bill, who was a successful broker whose life collapsed after the stock crash of 1929, is, along with his wife Lois, struggling to come to grips with his alcoholism and deepening despair. Gaining a few months sobriety and an opportunity of employment through a business trip to Akron, Ohio, on the journey’s eve, Bill struggles with his deteriorating marriage, his dread of failure and his increasing need for a drink that he knows will only lead to insanity and death. Based on true events that led to the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous and its sister organisation for relatives, Al-Anon, in this inspiring theatrical presentation, My Name’s Bill honestly portrays the ordeals, suffering and victories of people and loved ones working with and recovering from substance misuse.

Performances will take place at:
Barons Court Theatre
28a Comeragh Road Fulham
London W14
11th – 30th March 2008 at 7.30
Tube: Barons Court
Box Office:  020 8932 4747
Tickets: £12

Cast
Bill Wilson: Liam Smith
Lois Wilson: Michelle Frances

'The work of the company is inspirational'
- Mark Rylance

'An outstanding theatre company, the Work is layered, exciting and as innovative as anything currently available on the London theatre scene'
- Corin Redgrave

Performance of this work does not imply any affiliation with nor approval or endorsement from AA World Services Inc