Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches

28th May 2013

The 30 minute comedy, produced for Sky Arts by Tiger Aspect, puts history’s most famous women into the psychiatrist’s chair and shines a spotlight on their psychoses and obsessions. From Beatrix Potter who believes the animals really are talking to her, to Judy Garland, copying with her bi-polar mood swings and singing compulsion to Eva Braun, who needs help for her seriously questionable taste in men. Starring Rebecca Front as the therapist, the hilarious comedy features Catherine Tate as Eva Braun and Edith Piaf, Sharon Horgan as Jane Austen and Frieda Kahlo, Katy Brand as Joan of Arc and George Eliot, Sheila Reid as Mother Theresa, Sam Spiro as Mary Whitehouse and Judy Garland, Selina Griffiths as Beatrix Potter and Andy Nyman as Sarah, Abraham’s wife. Playhouse Presents...Psychobitches will air on Sky Arts HD on June 21st at 9pm.