Cling To Me Like Ivy

It’s gorgeous hair you’ve got. It’s a shame to hide it.

Rivka wants the perfect wedding. She has the man, the dress, the wig and two weeks to go. But when doubt is cast on her wig everything starts to unravel and Rivka finds herself far from home, up a tree and caught up in the eviction of an anti road protest, not knowing whether she’ll be able to go back to where she came from, or whether she wants to.

Samantha Ellis’ play was inspired by a chance remark by Victoria Beckham in 2004 which sparked a crisis within the Orthodox Jewish community about the wigs worn by married women.

Samantha Ellis wrote Cling To Me Like Ivy whilst on attachment at The REP. Her previous plays include Patching Havoc (Theatre 503), A Sudden Visitation of Calamity (Menagerie Theatre), Startle Response (Young Vic workshop) and Sugar And Snow (BBC Radio 4).

Following the play’s premiere in The Door the production will tour, supported by the Sir Barry Jackson Trust.

Tour details:

Wed 3 March
The Venue, Walsall College Wisemore Campus
Box Office 01922 657000 ex8585

Fri 5 March
Wem Town Hall, Shropshire
Box Office 01939 237075

Sat 6 March
Little Wenlock Village Hall
Box Office 01952 505888

Tue 9 March
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, University of Lincoln
Box Office 0844 888 4414
Book Online www.lpac.co.uk

Wed 10 March
Styrrup Village Hall, Doncaster
Box Office 01302 752515

Thu 11 March
Ashfield School, Kirkby In Ashfield
Box Office 01623 455000

Fri 12 March
Tealby Village Hall, Lincolnshire
Box Office 01673 838718/838130

Tue 16 to Sat 20 March
Drum Theatre Plymouth
Box Office 01752 267222
Book Online www.theatreroyal.com

Mon 22 & Tue 23 March
The Lowry, Salford
Box Office 0843 208 6010
Book Online www.thelowry.com

Thu 25 & Fri 26 March
The North Wall, Oxford
Box Office 01865 319450
Book Online www.thenorthwall.com

This play was developed with the support of the European Association for Jewish Culture