Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

19-25 July

Directed by Carrie Cable

Apocalypse is in the air. On a summer afternoon, four women gather in a suburban back garden for tea. They're old friends – well, three of them are. The fourth, Mrs Jarrett, is a neighbour invited in from over the fence. They talk about cats, the weather, TV shows, the antique shop that replaced the old grocers. But something darker lurks beneath the surface. As the afternoon wears on, the line between the garden and the abyss grows thinner.

Caryl Churchill balances the catastrophic with the everyday, revealing that the real apocalypse might not be out there at all – it might be right here, under the sun, in the things we can't quite bring ourselves to say.

This amateur production of "Escaped Alone" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk