Description:
A romantic psychological thriller that tells a heartfelt story exploring the complexities of relational trauma, sexuality, and female autonomy. --Theatre and Tonic
Ivy has life sorted: She's got a flat, a boyfriend, and she knows exactly where it's all headed. Except there is this thing that she tries not to think about. The thing she left in her childhood bedroom.
Ash is having the time of her life. Fresh from leaving a bad relationship, she's got no idea what's next. But there's something about her new flat. The wallpaper pulses and sometimes it sounds like a heartbeat.
Two women. A chance meeting. Giddy kisses they never should have shared. Eleanor Tindall's play Tender is the story of two people who find each other without even knowing they were looking.
Brief description:
Eleanor Tindall is a writer for stage and screen. Her plays include Tender (Bush Theatre, London, 2024) and Before I Was A Bear (Bunker Theatre, London, 2019; Soho Theatre, 2022).
Review Quotes:
A lovely story of two women finding romantic connection with each other...easy to root for.
--The Stage
An imaginative, ambitious play...combining the sweetness of a contemporary queer rom-com with the dark underbelly of body horror...Tindall has a clear instinct for storytelling.
--BroadwayWorld
Tindall's dialogue crackles and pops...a meet-cute queer love story that has the audience on tenterhooks.
--Time Out
We'd follow Ivy and Ash anywhere, in all their unassuming mess...compulsively watchable.
--The Upcoming
Striking and agile...Tindall's dialogue is light on its feet, rhythmic, true.
--Observer