In a land
where Tupperware rules and Badminton class is never missed (unless fatally
ill), one man sees a life beyond it all...
In his
sturdy dormer bungalow, Dennis is gearing up to celebrate a milestone birthday with
his wife Pauline. Meanwhile, in neighbouring gardens, signs of vicious
vandalism continue to spread: gnomes are
severed, cabbages are defaced, and cucumbers have lost all their modesty. But
when the looming presence of Dennis’s padlocked bureau strikes the suspicions
of one of the party guests, chaos soon ensues.
This
razor-sharp comedy dishes up a dinner party of cottage pie and catastrophe.
Stuck in a cycle of suburbia, Dennis’s contempt for John Denver records and the
local jogging club is pushed to its limits. But can he break free from his
domestic confines? Writer Willy Russell (Educating
Rita) pairs bitter irony with utter absurdity in this rip-roaring play,
illuminating the mayhem in the mundane.
