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Essex Girl

9 NOV
Essex Girl: a young working-class woman from the Essex area, typically considered as being unintelligent, materialistic, devoid of taste and sexually promiscuous. – Collins English Dictionary

Award-winning spoken word artist Maria Ferguson performs a monologue that tells the funny and hard-hitting story of Kirsty, a sixteen-year-old girl growing up in ʼ00s Brentwood. She likes WKD, Elton John, pie and mash and Charlie Red body spray. She’s on a quest to win Sexy Ricky’s heart and pass her GCSEs. She also has a secret to tell you. One she can’t tell anyone else. Follow Kirsty’s story through the house parties and Irish pubs of Essex. From West Ham matches to choir practice, pre-drinks to registration and she will tell you what it’s really like to be an Essex Girl.