Here’s the Synopsis
The play is set in six households in a block of flats somewhere in West London during lockdown of 2020 caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
It explores the effect of lockdown on the six households.
Storylines
Flat 1 – Tony and Jane are a couple in their mid-fifties. They have been married 30 years and their children have flown the nest. They both work in a factory at jobs that they hate. On hearing of the lockdown and furlough scheme, they are ecstatic.
Lockdown gives them an opportunity to rediscover themselves. To pick up on hobbies and interests that the sheer pace of life has stopped them pursuing. Essentially life has got in the way of living and now they have time to live it .
Sorting out the loft Tony finds an old box of songs that he had written 30 years ago. He starts to revive his ambitions of being a songwriter. Jane finds her old dancing shoes that she hasn’t worn for a very long time This starts a wave of nostalgia that sees them turning back the clock. Tony uncovers his old guitar and starts work on finishing his songs. While jane mends and puts on her old dancing dress. Together they rediscover their early years when they sang and danced together.
Songs: Super sexy lady, Hot stuff, She’s like a dream
Flat 2 Melony is 28 and single she has been having a relationship with a married man. The lockdown has exacerbated the need for him to choose between Melony and his wife and kids. He chooses his wife. Melony returns home alone.
Melony takes the breakup extremely hard. She is lonely and has been lonely all her life. Brought up by her nan as her mum and dad had left her at a young age she reflects on her past.
Her friends through zoom try to comfort her , and sing Given Time on large split screen
Songs: Sharing your heart, like a fool, Given Time
Flat 3 Peter and Paul are a married gay couple with strong Christian beliefs. Peter works as a nurse that is in the frontline of the pandemic. The effects of the virus leave peter and Paul questioning their beliefs in God
Songs; Mysterious ways, Sometimes
Flat 4 A newly married couple initially they are enjoying having time to discovering each other but as time goes on their relationship starts to unravel Songs: Golden Days, You’re my reason why, This Silence
Flat 5 Cheryl is a single mum with 2 children. She is exhausted trying to keep her kids busy as schools are closed, money is tight and the children's father is absent
Song; Dangerous
Flat 6 John lives with his mum who has dementia. John is her carer . He has cared for her for over a decade and the strain of mum’s worsening condition is taking its toll. Humour is his defence mechanism; he knows if he doesn’t laugh, he will cry.
Dream sequence where Alice dances.
Song, when every day is your birthday. A life of my own .THE LONG GOODBYE
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