Fast is a compelling and chilling true story. A psychological drama, laced with suspense, it follows the cult health professional Linda Hazzard,  whose cures had a shocking mortality rate. In a chilling parallel to our modern world of influencers peddling protein shakes and pills, Fast is the true story of Linda Hazzard who advocated a fasting cure that gripped the press and divided a nation.

Shortlisted for Best New Play 2018 by New Writing South, Fast is a dark and powerful thriller, based entirely on real historical figures, which interrogates the lengths people will go to for ambition, for a story, for a cure. When searching for a clean slate without discomfort, niggles or twinges, it can be easy to lose sight of the risks of extreme methodologies when they promise to be the miracle solution.

Director Kate Valentine comments “Hooked on Internet influencers, we now risk trusting people who peddle pills and potions and can lose sight of the perils to our health when adopting extreme regimes. Fast depicts a remarkable woman who uses her powers of persuasion to lure patients, desperate for any miracle cure. Laced with suspense and psychological drama, Fast explores the true crime of a woman determined to prove herself to a world challenging her methodologies.”

Fast by Kate Barton

Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3JP

Tuesday 15th October – Saturday 9th November 2019

Press night: Wednesday 16th October 2019, 7pm.

Press contact: Chlöe Abley chloeabley@chloenelkinconsulting.com at Chöe Nelkin Associates 020 3627 2960

Tickets: www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/fast