THE TRUE STORY OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST

Every little girl wants to be special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream of being special – she knows she is. That’s because she’s the Messiah, and destined to save the world from the forces of evil. But while waiting for her heavenly task to begin, Ellie must stand up to school bullies and defy totalitarian teachers. She must keep her place at the top of her maths class, meticulously checking every single piece of homework.

And above all, she must get into the school play.

But all the while, the world is darkening, childhood dreams are slipping away, and a slow realisation arises that real life is not at all like Ellie’s expectations…

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From pioneering young-people’s theatre company, Paradoxical Frog, comes a solo show written and performed by Romy Elliott. On the 10-year anniversary of the actual events in the play, Romy felt it was important to create this work while she still remembered how it feels to be not quite a child, and not quite an adult. This is a play for every lonely kid who has ever felt the same way.