This Could’ve Gone Better

Aimee Gebhard

"AND WHERE IS ALL THE ICE-CREAM?!"

After getting stuck in a supermarket freezer during a pitiful attempt to steal ice-cream, a nameless woman is forced to come to terms with the disappointments, losses, dreams and hopes of her lacklustre existence. Quite quickly, it emerges that this woman is a walking failure; little desire, no ambition, a life of missed opportunity. Through anecdotes, poetry, dark comedy, and a complicated relationship with a freezer-wall, the complexities of a twenty-first century existence crash-down in haunting waves of grief and fantasy.

‘This Could’ve Gone Better’ is a 6o-minute, dark-comedy monologue that explores the seemingly fleeting moments of a young woman’s life.

What is it like to be promised the world and receive nothing?

What is it like to dream only to wake up?

How do you mourn a life dying right in front of your eyes?

Join the young woman as she barely-copes, complains, and deludes herself from reality at a time when hiding from the truth could be devastating.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £13

Social Media

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Information

Content warnings: strong language. Trigger warnings: death and dying, verbal abuse, discussion on grief.

Suitable for ages: 14 and over

See venue page for accessibility information.

11 August 2026 9.30pm

Canal Cafe Theatre

Full: £13

Conc: £10

12 August 2026 9.30pm

Canal Cafe Theatre

Full: £13

Conc: £10

13 August 2026 9.30pm

Canal Cafe Theatre

Full: £13

Conc: £10



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