A PLAY aiming to boost awareness of rare allergies has raised money in memory of the tragic death of an Oswaldtwistle teenager.

A Day in the Life Of has been staged at the Civic Arts Centre and saw more than £500 collected for the Anaphylaxis Campaign.

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The charity was chosen in memory of 15-year-old Megan Lee who died on New Year’s Day from a severe allergic reaction to eating a takeaway meal.

The play follows the story of the life of 17-year-old Chloe Fitzpatrick, who suffers from an airborne allergy to strawberries and was produced by her sister Sophie.

The 25-year-old is hoping the first performance is just the start and wants to take the show around schools to raise funds and awareness.

Miss Fitzpatrick, the creative project manager at the centre, said: “We’ve probably raised around £500 with the performance, but this is just the start, we want to raise more for the charity and take the play around the area.

“We did a similar play before two-years-ago that 45 people came to, this time there was about 150.

“It’s a shame it took something so terrible to make people more aware.

“It was a tragedy what happened to Megan and we just want to raise as much awareness and money as possible and try and bring about something positive”

The organisers asked for the approval of Megan Lee’s family before dedicating the play to the teenager who was a regular at the arts centre.

Miss Fitzpatrick added: “The Lee family attended the play and we were really humbled by that. It is incredibly brave of them what they must be going through.”

The show stared Sophie and Chloe alongside sister Lucy, 21, and Chloe’s best friend Sophie Guest, 17.

Chloe, a Burnley College student, suffers from an airborne Strawberry allergy, so she does not have to touch the fruit to have a reaction.

The performance also taught members of the audience how to use an Epipen, which is needed if someone suffers an anaphylactic shock.

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