The Clapham Omnibus will host the world premiere of Cul-de-Sac, the new play from David Shopland (Saving Britney) described as “a witty and wine-soaked post-mortem dissection of contemporary Britain.”
Presented by Fake Escape, the company behind Off Broadway hit Saving Britney, Cul-de-Sac sees Shopland peels back the layers of Millennial civility with unflinching honesty.
Tackling everything from cultural identity to the ever-increasing price of a London pint, Cul-de-Sac gives voice to the broken millennial suburbanite experience. It’s a story about people finding themselves in the middle: middle-age, middle-class, neither urban nor rural, mid-journey in their careers and mid-journey
in their existences.
In Northwood Hills, Zone 6 London, otherwise referred to as The Middle of Nowhere,
we meet four characters: Ruth is questioning every decision she’s ever made; Simon is grappling
with a personality he can’t quite define; Marie is keeping a secret that could shatter everything;
and Frank, who just desperately wants his driveway back.
What starts as a quiet evening rapidly unravels, as polite smiles give way to sharp words, truths spill as freely as the booze, and when an unexpected guest arrives, the night explodes into chaos.
Shopland is the writer and director. Casting is still to be announced.
Cul-de-Sac plays at the Clapham Omnibus from Tuesday, May 27 – Saturday, June 14. Tickets: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/cul-de-sac/
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