We Need To Talk

produced by Heads Bodies Legs, written by Juliet Jacques and directed by Ray Malone

We Need to Talk is a one-act comic drama about three precarious millennials in a London house-share, set over the hour the first COVID-19 lockdown was announced in March 2020. Graphic designer Steve lives with his girlfriend, teaching assistant Julia, and an old friend, civil servant Ryan. Trapping them together, lockdown emphasises the claustrophobia of their low-quality rented accommodation and the devastating effects of austerity on their lives, their differing political paths during the tempestuous years of 2015-19 and their conflicting ideas of what should happen next, as well as forcing them to confront the ways in which they’ve grown apart.

The play considers how the media - print, broadcast, legacy, new and social – shape our views, with the flatmates occupying completely different realities despite living together, constantly miscommunicating in person as well as over a range of platforms.

This is a script-in-hand reading by writer/filmmaker Juliet Jacques (Trans: A Memoir, Variations). The event is produced by Ray Malone (Heads Bodies Legs.) We will be inviting the audience to discuss the ideas in the play at the end of the reading.

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Running Time: 50 mins + 30 mins post show discussion

Audience warnings: 14+  Strong language