Shed

A multi-media theatre piece commissioned by Théâtre Volière and Norwich Arts Centre, Shed is set on the Suffolk Coast.

Jack was born at the exact moment Bolton Wanderer’s first goal hit the West Ham net in the first Wembley Cup Final. He loves buses, the sea, hoarding and telling small lies. The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur as he offers up the small downfall of his life in its final hour. He recounts the loss of his father and his bold young evacuee French wife Charlotte in World War Two.

After Charlotte’s death, Jack retreated into a private constructed world in a shepherd’s hut. He’s watched over by crows, has the companionship of a mollycoddled butterfly and a spider he doesn’t quite trust. He finds solace in his contraptions, obsessive ritual and the hoarding of totems and the keepsakes of his life.