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‘Moving, powerful, framed beautifully.
Breathe is brilliant – just go!’

- Lisa Spirling, Artistic Director,
  Stratford East Theatre

‘By turns uplifting, frightening and inspiring. Katy’s story is truly astonishing.’

- Declan Costello, Consultant ENT Surgeon

About

Breathe is the extraordinary autobiographical one-woman show about soprano Katy Lees’ miraculous recovery from terminal cancer. One of the UK’s longest-living survivors of mesothelioma, Katy tells her moving story with humour and unflinching honesty in this one-hour play, and sings the arias that rescued her by Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Bellini, and Bernstein.

Created and performed by Katy Lees

A love letter to hope, opera and the compassion of human nature

Directed & co-written by Amy Phillips

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Work

ABOUT
THE SHOW

WHY BREATHE?

ABOUT KATY

ABOUT MESOTHELIOMA

REVIEWS

RESOURCES & THANKS

★★★★★ Unbelievably moving

★★★★★ The most extraordinary piece of theatre

Cancer Diva 2026

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