Proteus Theatre Company

It’s 1974 and 8 year old Jo is snuggled up on the settee in her flammable polyester nightie, watching the family’s first colour TV. Sykes is on and there, on the screen, is a woman unlike anyone Jo has ever seen. That woman is Hattie Jacques!

Forty years on and Jo has followed in Hattie’s acting footsteps. But why is she cast as the nurse, never the surgeon? And why is she too fat to play Lady Macbeth?

Thoughtful, funny, warm and nostalgic, this one-woman show takes an affectionate look at the life and career of a remarkable woman, and a witty, caustic look at modern day show business.