Balancing Act in association with Seven Dials Playhouse
Steve Hay - The Man
Jenny Johns - The Woman
TBC - The Boy
Jennifer Barton - The Girl
Joe Graham – Writer / Director
A PLAY ABOUT LOVE AND SURVIVAL
When a predator threatens to destroy all you have ever loved, how far will you go to protect it? The Man must battle demons, aliens and his own memories to change everything.
‘The Man’ packs items into a rucksack and leaves the house, not for the first time, for a bus stop 100 yards away, much to the distress of ‘The Woman’, his wife.
‘The Boy’ finds himself wondering at a starling murmuration for the first time. He can’t recall how he got there and is confronted by The Man, who seems determined to lead him away. There is an overriding sense of danger as they are continually pursued by an unseen ‘alien’ predator.
Through a mix of reality and the surreal, we discover what drives The Man as he battles the predator and tries to prevent The Boy from ever meeting The Girl, in order to change the consequences and the future for her.
At its heart this is a love story... and what happens when something or someone threatens to take it away. How do you battle something you don't understand and don't see coming? In the end we are left living the dream, just not one of our making.