***** 5 STARS

January 1945, Paris is liberated. Christiane waits at Gare Du Nord for a ticket to England to be reunited her with her English fiancé. Whilst she waits, this gloriously irrepressible Mademoiselle recounts the extraordinary love story between her - an eccentric, acutely myopic Parisian - and her shy, uptight beanpole from Staffordshire. From a chance encounter at Cheadle tennis club, their story takes us on to cosmopolitan 1930s Paris before their inevitable separation by war. A separation, which she hopes, today, will finally come to an end. A fond, comical and ultimately poignant portrait of one woman’s experience of love and war.

“In 2002, my French grandmother moved into sheltered housing. Amongst a lifetime of clutter, I found a shoebox containing her wartime letters. Over the last year, I’ve pieced together her story from the letters and our conversations about her past, a past that is slipping away from her.“ Caroline Horton 2010

You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy was commissioned as a one-woman stage play by China Plate/Warwick Arts Centre/mac for the Bite Size Festival 2010 and received a research and development grant from Arts Council England.

Best Solo Performer, The Stage Awards 2010

'Horton’s enchanting script ensures that this ordinary tale of ordinary people in extraordinary times touches each one of us – and the gentle twist at the end leaves hardly a dry eye in the house.') Nick Awde (The Stage

‘this simple and heartfelt show feels like a real labour of love… a really tremendous & rounded performance’ Lyn Gardner (The Guardian)

***** ‘Walking back to my rented flat after witnessing Caroline Horton’s one-woman tour de force, a funny thing happened – I started sobbing with what I can only describe as pure joy.’ Terri Paddock (whatsonstage.com)

**** ‘Caroline Horton’s extraordinary one woman show is full of delightful surprises…..Horton’s comic timing and facial expressions move us effortlessly from thunderous belly laughs to tears of heartbreak’ Denise Bailey (The Metro)

****‘It's a tale she tells with plenty of charm, but a gratifying lack of sentiment…As somebody whose grandparents went through similar, I'm not ashamed to say I found myself welling up at the dénouement.’ Andrzej Lukowski (Time Out, London)

**** ‘gathers in both charm and emotional engagement until even a hardened hack may be on the brink of tears. Winsome in all the best ways, this Horton may not be hearing a “Who?” for very long.’ Ian Shuttleworth (Financial Times)

2010 Festival Highlight ’Amid the clapping and cheering at the end of Caroline Horton’s one woman show there were a good number of barely suppressed sniffs and sobs - and when the house lights lifted it was possible to make out many people whose eyes were still glassy with tears or who were dabbing away at damp cheeks.’ Natasha Tripney (Music OMH)

****’Caroline Horton, a slight and sympathetic performer with wonderfully expressive eyes and hands, demonstrates some incredible comic timing, and her physicality is quietly detailed and rigorous. The script is also first-rate, and de-constructs English idioms to hilarious effect.… Horton's multimedia reframes her performance, transforming it from a well-written character piece into a creation (or curation?) that will bring tears to your eyes.’ Thomas Martin (Three Weeks)

**** ’One-person plays are always a risky affair, requiring an actor and writer with enough talent to carry the performance alone. Thankfully, You're Not Like the Other Girls, Chrissy has both of these in Caroline Horton…..Perhaps because Horton is playing her grandmother, the play feels satisfyingly organic and complete: Fact and fiction, young and old, the past and the present combine in a performance that is funny but also incredibly moving.’ Dan Heap (Fest Magazine)