The play has moved and delighted audiences across Plymouth and Edinburgh and will continue to resonate wherever it goes. Horton describes herself as having been “on the knife-edge” of compulsive collecting, in denial for a long time because of media portrayals of the condition are so extreme.

Though a particular event pushes Sophie into realising she has a problem, the process of acceptance and giving away her clothes is long and slow.Working with Pleasance Theatre Trust offers us such a vital opportunity to support artists from the far South West. Laura Horton, now the Plymouth Laureate of Words charts her obsession with fashion in her Fringe First winning show ‘Breatheless’ produced by the Theatre Royal Plymouth and showing this week at the SOHO theatre. Its only issue is that in the never-ending sea of one-person plays, Breathless doesn't quite stand out as much as it could. In her enlightening play, she opens up about identifying her problem, and the thoughts that came next.

When she hooks up with Jo, a chef who is working in a little patisserie, their date goes well until both of them are about to kiss. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Breathless is such a unique story and one I think will not only resonate but could affect real change in people that see it. I could never find anything, much of it didn’t fit as I’d bought things in the hope I’d slim into them eventually.MacMahon is a versatile solo performer and engaging storyteller, voicing many characters from Sophie’s girlfriend Jo, her Dad, shady ex-boyfriend and snotty magazine colleagues with swift physical pen portraits for them all.