Rosalie Minnitt brings hit show Clementine to Fairfield Social Club

Award-winning comedy writer and performer Rosalie Minnitt brings her cult comedy hit, Clementine, to Manchester this weekend.

Fresh from a lauded run of sell-out shows at the 2023 and 2024 Edinburgh Fringes, and a mightily impressive trio of Soho Theatre residences, this tour marks the first time Rosalie has taken Clementine on the road.

The show — a hysterical, deranged and irreverent Austen parody described as Bridgerton for ‘chronically online girlies’ — meditates on girlhood, romance and everything in between, as Lady Clementine rushes to find The One before her 27th birthday.

When her latest beau goes missing, she embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill fortune. Told through a kaleidoscopic concoction of historical anachronism, TikTok sounds and misplaced pop-culture references, Clementine journeys through singledom and soulless dating apps through to womanhood, asking if things have really moved on all that much.

Creator and performer Rosalie Minnitt says: “Clementine is a comedy character I created when I was lost and heartbroken. I made the show that I needed when I was 24 and suddenly couldn’t get out of bed in the morning. I realised that the insatiable diet of Disney-Happily-Ever-Afters and bleached blonde Naughties heartthrobs that I had been bingeing on since I could walk left me hungry and angry.

“After I debuted last year, I got hundreds of DMs, messages and emails telling me about how Clementine made them feel. Women saw this show multiple times. Then they brought their friends and sisters and mums and aunts. One girl came four times and she wrote to me: ‘if someone asked me why I love women and love being a woman, I’d show them this show’.”

Clementine comes to Fairfield Social Club on Sat 15 Mar, followed by dates at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds (Sun 16 Mar), Norwich Arts Centre (Tue 25 Mar) and Bristol’s Wardobe Theatre (Thu 3 Apr – Sat 5 Apr). Tickets are on sale now, grab yours using the button below.