The Bench - by Keir McAllister
The Bench - by Keir McAllister
The Bench by Keir McAllister now published by Josef Weinburger Plays
A satirical comedy about finding a safe place in a threatening world.
“A brilliant job of subverting expectations… a series of very funny twists” The Scotsman
"Engages right up until the last” The Stage
“A light-hearted take on the travesty that is life” Fringe Guru
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Joe is in crisis, his life a swirling scribble of obligations he feels he’s failing to fulfil. For five minutes a day he finds a little solace and peace, alone on an isolated bench.
Sandy is mourning the passing of his Maggie. The bench his his memorial to her memory. A shrine to his loss.
As both attempt to impose their purpose on the bench, so begins an epic conflict of passive aggression. A conflict of passive aggression. A conflict that will change the two of them, and will, maybe, finally answer the eternal question - when is a bench not a bench?
A satirical comedy about finding a safe place in a threatening world.
The Bench
First published in 2019
by Josef Weinberger Ltd
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