The Glad Game

The Glad Game is Phoebe’s play about living with an incurable brain tumour. She performed the play at Hampstead Theatre, London and Nottingham, Playhouse. The play was also made into a film with TEA films and a play script. Directed by Tessa Walker, Co-Produced by Pippa Frith and Nottingham Playhouse, supported by Arts Council England, Television Workshop, The Bush, Hampstead Theatre and Leicester Curve.

​Phoebe Frances Brown is an actor. From her early impressions of Dolly Parton, to becoming a member of Nottingham Television Workshop, from co-founding the sketch group Major Labia to roles at The Donmar Warehouse, Birmingham Rep and The National Theatre, acting has defined, formed and driven who she is.

 In November 2018, aged 26, Phoebe was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in the area of her brain that controls speech, language and memory.

 The Glad Game is Phoebe’s story. Her story of finding herself in the darkest, bleakest of times, of finding gladness in the saddest of moments and of how who and what you love can pull you through.

Read a review of the film from Exeunt Magazine here

Read a review of the stage show here

Watch BBC coverage about the project here