Viv Albertine was a guitar player for The Slits, a British punk band from the late 鈥�70s. She rubbed elbows with members of the Sex Pistols and the Clash, but unlike her male punk peers, she heard 鈥榥o鈥� much more often than she heard 鈥榶es.鈥� But that did not deter her from doing what she wanted to do anyway.
She tells her story in the 2014 memoir 鈥溾�� (St. Martin鈥檚 Press/2017). Her story inspired actor and musician Mara Thomas to write the new play 鈥淵es to Nothing.鈥� The production traces the story of four women in a punk rock band from the beginning of their career to a reunion show 20 years later. Host Frank Stasio previews the play with playwright Mara Thomas, and actors Nelle Dunlap, Dana Marks and Steven G. Cooper.
The show, from theater company , is on stage at in Raleigh this Thursday, Aug. 31 to Saturday, Sept. 2; in Chapel Hill Thursday, Sept. 7 to Saturday, Sept. 9; and the in Durham Thursday, Sept.14 to Saturday, Sept. 16.
Watch a preview for "Yes to Nothing":
