A darkly funny tale about a former TV sex symbol fallen on hard times.
When Katy Dream left drama school she walked straight into a starring TV role in The
Revengers. Sadly, her days as Gemma Peel the leather-clad, crime-solving, kung-fu queen of
Tyneside are long gone.Twenty-five years later she s back to being plain old Katy West, the
apron-clad, debt-ridden, dancing queen of Nowhere.
Her career started to crumble when her husband, Jimmy, was badly injured in a shipyard
accident and she had to spend time caring for him. The parts dried up and she is now reduced to
occasional promotional work for a chain of greengrocers.
When Katy s new agent manages to secure her an audition for the role of Portia in a touring
production of 'The Merchant of Venice' she sees a light at the end of the tunnel.
Enter Gary, a charming but sinister loan shark, who is about to turn their world upside down.

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