Single Use
by Verity Mullan
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe (2025)
Seven Dials Playhouse (2025)
Hen & Chickens Theatre (2025)
Cockpit Theatre (2024)
Single Use is a thoughtful and hilarious one-woman comedy about climate guilt, emotional avoidance, tragic first dates and plastic recycling.
Single Use is a thoughtful and hilarious one-woman comedy about climate guilt, emotional avoidance, tragic first dates and plastic recycling.
The play follows the journey of Ella, a karaoke-loving procrastinator with a taste for Deliveroo and casual white lies. When her water bottle washes up in Malaysia she’s forced to make a decision – save the planet or save herself?
The play follows the journey of Ella, a karaoke-loving procrastinator with a taste for Deliveroo and casual white lies. When her water bottle washes up in Malaysia she’s forced to make a decision – save the planet or save herself?
Written & Performed
by Verity Mullan
Written & Performed
by Verity Mullan
Co-Created & Directed
by Emma Beth Jones
Co-Created & Directed
by Emma Beth Jones
Sound & Lighting Design
Flick Issac Chilton
Sound & Lighting Design
Flick Issac Chilton
Comedy, chaos and a lasting message…Verity Mullan’s sharp observation of one of the biggest scourges on society unpicks the uncomfortable relationship between personal responsibility and environmental collapse."'
★★★★★ – UK Theatre Network
Comedy, chaos and a lasting message…Verity Mullan’s sharp observation of one of the biggest scourges on society unpicks the uncomfortable relationship between personal responsibility and environmental collapse."'
★★★★★ – UK Theatre Network
“Sharp, witty comedy…"Single Use is a wonderful addition to new writing and I look forward to seeing where it goes next."
★★★★.5 – Theatre Thoughts
“Sharp, witty comedy…"Single Use is a wonderful addition to new writing and I look forward to seeing where it goes next."
★★★★.5 – Theatre Thoughts
"Hidden gem of a one-woman show…There is nothing “recycled” about this unique and relatable story”
★★★★ – Youngish Perspective
"Hidden gem of a one-woman show…There is nothing “recycled” about this unique and relatable story”
★★★★ – Youngish Perspective
