Espeut-Nickless

They’re sayin I brought it on myself.
Oh yeah, they’ve heard about me. Basically itmust’ve been my fault cause I’m me, Destiny.

Destiny dreams big. She dreams glamour. She’s gonna be an MTV Base backing dancer, you watch. If J-Lo can make it outta the Bronx then Destiny can make it off the Hill Rise estate in Chippenham. She’s
fearless, ferocious and up for the fight (she’s had to be). Born below the breadline, she’s desperate to see beyond the neighbourhood and find hope in hopelessness.

This monologue follows the story of a teenage girl growing up on a rural Wiltshire council estate. After a big night out takes a turn for the worst, Destiny’s life spirals out of control as she desperately tries to learn how to love and be loved.

Florence Espeut-Nickless’ debut play is a recipient of The Pleasance’s 2021 National Partnerships Award with Bristol Old Vic FERMENT and was shortlisted for Theatre West’s Write On Women Award.

This edition was published to coincide with the run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.

Florence Espeut-Nickless is a writer and actor from Chippenham in Wiltshire, a town with no theatre and limited access to it. She writes for both stage and screen about and with working class communities in the South West in the hope of making the arts more accessible to everyone, regardless of background and geographical location. She is the Writer in Residence at Pentabus Theatre, an Open Session Writer at Bristol Old Vic and an associate artist at Strike a Light, as part of the Let Artists Be Artists programme.

Her debut play DESTINY is currently touring the Southwest, following a recent run at the Pleasance London as part of their National Partnerships Award with Bristol Old Vic FERMENT. Her second play Blinded By Your Grace is being developed with support from MAYK, Strike A Light, Wiltshire Creative and Wild Child.