Thank You For Calling

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Alex works remotely and spends most of her shifts getting yelled at by strangers through her headset. Yes, she hates her job. Yes, she fantasises about quitting daily-but doesn’t everyone? That’s what she tells herself at least. That’s what she tells herself so she can endure her miserable 9-5 (or rather, her miserable 3pm-midnight). She copes with junk food and booze and dreams of a day when she can take her headset off for good, but a fateful encounter with a caller in the midst of a severe mental health crisis sends her spiralling and forces her to reckon with her own history of suicidal ideation. Thank You For Calling is a dramatised version of a real encounter at a real job. At its core, it is a story about isolation, hope, and how we fight to bear the unbearable, and imbue our lives with meaning.

Written and performed by Larissa Ryan and directed by Jaeonnie Davis-Crawford, Thank You For Calling arrives in London for one night only following successful runs at the San Diego International Fringe Festival in May 2025 and Birmingham Fringe Festival in July 2024.

Content warning for sexual harassment, discussion of self-harm, and suicidal ideation.