Platinum

<i>I just think you shouldn't put people on pedestals that's all. It makes them seem perfect when they're not.<br/></i><br/>Martha McDonald was a world-famous singer - Grammy Hall of Fame resident poster girl for revolution and writer of one of the most iconic songs of the 1970s. Until she disappeared.<br/><br/>For many years she hasn't written or sung a single note. Hidden from public view deep in the Californian Mountains Martha guards a secret that if revealed will change everything. And only one other person holds a key to this enigma: her estranged daughter Anna.<br/><br/>Anna is desperately trying to escape the long shadow of her mother's fame and legacy. Will exposing the secret liberate her - and her mother - or might it destroy them both?<br/><br/>Hannah Patterson's intriguing play explores the impact that success and celebrity have on relationships and why honesty is not always the best policy. <i>Platinum </i>received its world premiere at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs on 9 December 2016.