‘The Soaking of Vera Shrimp’

During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. A poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and never giving up, from the team behind 'We Live By the Sea'. 

During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. She can read raindrops, each one having soaked up an emotion from someone the water has come into contact with. But as her family disintegrates, Vera’s extraordinary ability takes on a darker and more urgent significance. Part science lesson, part story-telling, this is a poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and never giving up from the team behind the highly acclaimed 'We Live By the Sea'.

For 'The Soaking of Vera Shrimp'

★★★★ “Achingly beautiful and utterly compelling” The Telegraph

★★★★ “A sparkling solo show… an utter delight” The List

For Patch of Blue

★★★★ 1/2 "subtly captures the injustice" The Advertiser
★★★★★ 'delicately simple and wrenchingly complex...it is unmissable' Adelaide Theatre Guide

★★★★★ “You might say Vera Shrimp is a weather whisperer. She also has a special gift. This is a Fringe highlight.” Murray Bramwell InDaily 

★★★★★ "Martha is an expert performer and embodies her role as student, storyteller, and master of the room. Alex Howarth is, quite simply, a great director, aided by a brilliantly written script by Alison Carr." Scott A Thousand Words

★★★★1/2 - "Vera’s grief journey will leave an imprint on your heart and a hope that she can indeed ‘make things right again”. - Rosie Ferguson, Stage Whispers

 ★★★★ - "Vivid, funny, heart wrenching and original.” - Sean Bell, Fest Mag