Fleabag is a remarkable piece of storytelling. From beginning until the end, writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge maintained excellence. With a total of 12 episodes, the two-season dramedy is a deeply soulful, empathetic, and entertaining hit show. Waller-Bridge was done with the series after two seasons. Last year, however, she performed a live performance streamed to select theaters. Now, it’s coming out for a good cause to help those impacted by the coronavirus.
What is the Live-Performance?
If you weren’t near a theater showing Fleabag: Live Performance, it was a disappointment to miss out. Fans want more of the character, who’s nothing but nuanced. The Vicky Jones-directed live performance is a one-woman show starring the one and only Phoebe Waller-Bridge. A one-woman show is how Fleabag began. Waller-Bridge took the character to BBC and Amazon, where it became a critical and audience darling and sweeped the Emmys.
For a Good Cause
The one-woman show has been unavailable to the masses up until now. The live performance, which was recorded at London’s Wyndham Theatre last year, will be available to watch in the coming days. Starting today, the show is available to stream On Demand in the UK and Ireland.
Starting Friday, Amazon will begin streaming the special in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada. The special costs $5. Sales will support The National Emergencies Trust, NHS Charities Together, Acting For Others, and Fleabag Support Fund. £2,500 will go in the pockets of freelancers a part of the UK theater industry affected by the coronavirus. Already, £356,000 has been raised by Waller-Bridge and others.
In a statement, the writer and creator of the series said the following:
“I hope this filmed performance of Fleabag can help raise money while providing a little theatrical entertainment in these isolated times. Thank you to all our partners and to the creative team who have waived their royalties from this production to raise money for such vital causes in this unbelievably challenging situation. All money raised will support the people throughout our society who are fighting for us on the frontlines and those financially devastated by the crisis, including those in the theatre community. Thank you in advance to those who donate. Now go get into bed with Fleabag. It’s for charity.”
Recently, Waller-Bridge launched her own production company, Wells Street Films.When she started the company, she said, “In the words no one wanted me to put in my press release: Let’s f**k s**t up!” Waller-Bridge is fully capable of doing just that, being one of the freshest and sharpest voices in entertainment today. All of the proof is in Fleabag and a remarkable season one of Killing Eve.
Stream Fleabag Again While You Can
Fleabag is such an endlessly quotable and watchable show. Even though it’s very depressing and heavy at times and doesn’t pull any punches, it’s great entertainment. Easily one of the most quotable comedies of the 21st century, too. Waller-Bridge’s dialogue is impossible to forget. Once it goes through your ears, her words are never leaving your brain. Once you’ve watched Fleabag once, you got a lifetime supply of entertainment. Recalling characters, scenes, and lines from the show out of the blue some days, it’s just a neverending delight. Those characters and their foibles never leave you.
Fleabag Synopsis
Fleabag is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. Award-winning playwright Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and stars as Fleabag, an unfiltered woman trying to heal, while rejecting anyone who tries to help her and keeping up her bravado all along.
Fleabag is currently available on Amazon Prime.
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