Darkie Armo Girl
A powerful and deeply personal one-woman show is back for a limited four-week season at Finborough Theatre.
“My name is Karen. I’m eight and half years old and I hate myself already.”
OffWestEnd Award nominated Darkie Armo Girl, written and performed by Karine Bedrossian, returns to the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 25 November 2025.
A true story.
1974. An Armenian family fleeing a civil war, arrive in the UK with £35, a suitcase and the address of a relative. But that’s nothing new for them. They’ve already had to flee a genocide.
1976. One careless mistake. Nine months and one near fatal C-section later, Karen Mary Bedrossian is born into a perfectly fine life and grows up in a perfectly fine house in Richmond, Surrey. But inside her lies a secret deep, dark pain that rips her to shreds on a daily basis…
1994. Karen’s 18, homeless, penniless, and her only friends are a couple of heroin addicts and criminals. The solution? Start again. Become a famous pop star. Then everyone would love and admire her and she’d be whole.
Wouldn’t she?
Developed with the Finborough Theatre where it was first seen in an acclaimed 2022 run, Darkie Armo Girl is an OffWestEnd Award nominated play from British-Armenian writer and performer Karine Bedrossian about surviving life with the innocence of a child, but the destructive self-abandon of a suicide bomber.
“A moving and masterfully staged piece of theatre.” ★★★★★ Five Stars, Plays to See on The Inseparables
“Swift, sassy and ironic… Deeply relatable.” ★★★★★ Five Stars, Time and Leisure
Venue details
- Address:
- Finborough Theatre
- 118 Finborough Road
- London
- SW10 9ED