Brooke has it all: the job, the flat, the girlfriend… but what happens when things go tits up just before your 30th birthday?

Hopeless romantic Brooke is the algorithm writer for a dating app – she literally codes attraction – so when she finds herself unexpectedly single, she decides to give the science of love (online dating) a chance.

A bisexual Bridget Jones for the online generation, this tragicomic one-woman show, and its lovably hapless heroine, is for anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much and not enough at the same time.

Written by Sadie Clark (12 Theatre Stars for 2020, The Guardian) and winner of the TV Foundation’s Netflix Stage to Screen New Voice Award.

‘Astonishingly assured and practically broadcast ready’
The Guardian (12 Stars for 2020)

★★★★★ ‘This year’s Fleabag’
Deadline News

★★★★ ‘Moving, profound and hilarious’
The Wee Review

★★★★ ‘An impeccably polished piece of writing’
The Upcoming

★★★★ ‘Sadie Clark has the audience roaring with laughter’
The Spy in the Stalls

★★★★★ ‘The next big thing’
Adventures in Theatreland

★★★★ ‘Effortlessly funny’
Broadway World

CAST: Solo Show
DURATION: 60 minutes

Algorithms by Sadie Clark, sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe (2019), where it was a best of the festival pick in The Guardian. It transferred to Soho Theatre in March 2020 and December 2021, where it also sold out. Algorithms won the TV Foundation’s Netflix Supported ‘Stage to Screen’ New Voice Award, and was longlisted for the Tony Craze Award (2018).

In 2021 it was commissioned for adaptation into a six-part original audio series for Audible, starring Sadie Clark alongside Alison Steadman, Desiree Birch and Joe Thomas. This audio adaptation, released in 2022, was shortlisted for the BBC Audio Drama Awards and won a Silver ARIAS for ‘Best Drama’ in 2023.

Details

Dimensions	19.8 × 12.9 cm
Format	paperback
Extent	68
ISBN	9781738429394
Publication date	16 April 2024

BIOGRAPHY

Sadie is a queer, bisexual, neurodivergent actor, writer and improviser based in London, with a base in Greater Manchester and South Norfolk. She gained a first in Natural Science from the University of East Anglia in 2012 before doing what any sensible girl would, and moving to London to train as an actor. As an actor Sadie has performed at Soho Theatre, Pleasance Courtyard, Omnibus Theatre, The Nottingham Playhouse and the Mercury Theatre. As a writer she has been part of the Soho Theatre Writers Lab (2018), The Mercury Theatre Writer’s Programme (2022) and High Tide’s ‘New Writer’s Week’ at the New Wolsey Theatre (2022). She was also one of the BFI Network x BAFTA Crew in 2021. Her debut play, Algorithms, sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe (2019), where it was a best of the festival pick in The Guardian. It transferred to Soho Theatre in March 2020 and December 2021, where it also sold out. Algorithms won the TV Foundation’s Netflix Supported ‘Stage to Screen’ New Voice Award, and was longlisted for the Tony Craze Award (2018). In 2021 it was commissioned for adaptation into a six-part original audio series for Audible, starring Sadie alongside Alison Steadman, Desiree Birch and Joe Thomas. This audio adaptation, released in 2022, was shortlisted for the BBC Audio Drama Awards and won a Silver ARIAS for ‘Best Drama’ in 2023. Sadie was named one of The Guardian’s ‘12 Theatre Stars of 2020’ where they cited Algorithms as ‘astonishingly assured and practically broadcast-ready… sweet, sad and, as performed by Clark herself, full of heart–with more than a touch of Miranda Hart too’. Sadie is also trained in long-form improv with Monkey Toast, Hoopla and the Free Association. She has been improvising for eight years and gigs regularly as improv duo A Little Bit of Tender, and with the Queer female/ non-binary improv group Hell Yeah! Her latest sketch Picky stars Alison Steadman. Her sketch Did you say I’m a Survivor? won the Comedy Crowd Chorts ‘Judges Award’ in 2021. more info at sadieclark.co.uk