Actress and writer Bebe Cave has been cast in Lewis Cornay’s one-hander Daddy Issues, which will premiere at Seven  Dials Playhouse from 24 October-19 November, it has been announced today.

Cave’s past stage work includes The Audience at The Gielgud Theatre in 2013 opposite Helen Mirren. Her recent television work leans into this comedic vein, with roles in Stephen  Mangan’s Hang Ups (Channel 4) and This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC One). Her writing credits include comedy shows with her sister Jessie Cave, who she performed with at Edinburgh Festival  Fringe with shows Bookworm and Cave Sisters, which they took to the Soho Theatre. 

Daddy Issues is written by Soho Writer and Offie Award-winner Lewis Cornay. This startling dark comedy centres around 23-year-old Imi. Isolated, and grappling with the aftermath of a suicide, the  play focuses on the unexpected ways grief can present itself. Seeking connection after losing her  anchor, Imi finds herself slipping further and further from reality, trapped inside her mind as she  tries to explain the complexities of grief, Cliff Richard and dead dogs. Imi finds herself stuck between  spaces and yearns for the past whilst trying to move forward, allowing the audience to consider what we inherit from our family, and what pieces of trauma are passed on when they leave us  behind.

One-woman show Daddy Issues, produced by Liam Gartland for Gartland Productions, interrogates  the lengths we’ll go to forget the things that haunt us. Hollowed out by loss, Imi is desperately trying  to satiate this gap with anything that will numb reality. As she spirals, she has to fight to remember  all the reasons why she must choose to live.  

Writer Lewis Cornay said: “I’m ridiculously excited to have my first play staged at Seven Dials Playhouse this Autumn. In 2020, Liam and I spoke about creating a piece of theatre that raised  suicide awareness, whilst also giving audiences a sense of catharsis. I was introduced to a whole  community of those who’ve experienced loss and was massively inspired by the generosity and good  humour they had in sharing their stories. These conversations can be messy and uncomfortable, but  within that grey area is where the richest stories can be found. Audiences should throw away any  preconceived ideas on the grieving process and allow themselves to fall in love with the complexities of humanity.”

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