THE REAL ‘COOKIE GIRL’ PODCAST

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"Never has a midlife crisis been so sexy, intimate and funny."

Cate is Cookie Girl, a legendary character in West Londons Notting Hill.

From early years walking around Portobello Market selling cookies from a basket, via a best selling recipe book and popular column, she has worked hard to establish her successful baking business.

But now her mid life crisis has hit hard. Her beloved mum has died which has made her alarmingly aware of her own mortality. She is filled with regret at not having worked harder to make her ambitions as an actress and writer a reality.

Now, she has woken up to the fact that her Dream Guy, husband Dick, is a nightmare. Since being forced to give up his career as a credible musician to become a jingle writer, the only pleasure he gets is from drinking and parting which he does to excess. Terrorised by her two young daughters and with little support, Cate is desperate to escape. Then she meets neighbour Boy, still in his 20's... Is he just the distraction she needs? Or is he about to blow her life into tiny pieces?

Cookie Girl is a fictional comedy drama directed and written by Xanthe Milton with additional material by the cast. Who are; Xanthe Milton, Zeb Jameson, Henry Gatehouse, Juliet Cowan, Diane Langley, Simon Wilson Stephens, Jenny Dyke, Cosy & Teddy Jameson. It was edited by Zeb Jameson and produced by Juliane Wilson Stephens.

All music was written, produced & performed by Zeb Jameson & Mo Morris, ‘A Mountain of One’.

For visual content go to: @realcookiegirl on Instagram

CHARACTERS

COOKIE GIRL - CatE

To her customers she is sweetness and light, dressed like Nell Gwynn she sunshine to their daily grind. But that’s not her real her…

BEN

Wicked senses of humour… his secret passion is reading women’s mags. Cate’s best friend, he is often an unwilling conspirator in her ill advising shenanigans. Ben is a perfectionist and incredibly house proud, which is a bone of contention with his messy husband Chris.

BOY

A charming, kind, reckless, landscape gardener. Boy is one of those guys who makes you feel as if you are the only girl in the room or maybe even on the planet. When he’s alone he poses in front of the mirror, often with a hairbrush imaging he is in a photo shoot and wondering if there is still time for him to make it as a pop star.

MUMMY SQUIRREL

Cate’s dead Mum who is visiting from another dimension.

HUSBAND DICK

Cate’s screwed up husband. Irresponsible, selfish… having never fulfilled his ambitions to be a singer songwriter he is having a massive mid life crisis.

Chicken Suzy

Battery hen rescued by Cate and wreaking havoc in the kitchen.

JEN

Feisty fun, funny nurse. She is direct to the point of rudeness but loyal to her friends. She’s who Cate goes to for home truths.

NESTLING PINKY

Baby bird rescued by Cate and Boy.