Nelson Fringe Fest: The Book Addict

The Book Addict is a story of journeys, transformations and the way books deepen and contextualise life - its joys and rebellions, griefs and discoveries. Annie takes the audience on an intimate, around-the-world journey through time and place, from her New Zealand childhood, finding a second home in Greece, to a whirlwind career, with some surprising adventures along the way.

The Book Addict has been performed in a theatre, a pub and people’s homes, needing only an audience and the storyteller to create this intimate event. Annie sips a cocktail as she perches on a bar stool amid a myriad of books. Her hope is that in telling her stories, audiences will see echoes of their own. The Greek poet, Pindar, writes: “Become who you are, having learned what that is”. The Book Addict is one woman’s struggle to figure that out.
Writer and Actor Annie Ruth
Director Robin Payne

Genre: Theatre, Storytelling
Warnings: Language
Age Rating: R14