“I don’t mind being alone, I just don’t want to become easy to forget. That feels too close to being gone…”

In a faded Midlands church hall, a group of friends throw a surprise party for their grieving friend Heather. What begins as Mark’s well-meaning attempt to lift her spirits quickly collapses into laughter, rows and secrets.  

Funny, tender and unflinching, this sharp new play captures the ache of small-town life: the fear of being forgotten, the mess of first love, the weight of grief, and the desperate urge to escape a place that keeps trying to shrink you. It asks how we hold onto one another when the world tries to pull us apart.

Set against the final years of Thatcher’s Britain, a time of cassette tapes and Walkman, these young people on the cusp of adulthood confront who they are, who they love, and what kind of future they dare to claim in a town that punishes difference.

With characters that feel like your own mates, come for the laughs, stay because it reminds you why we still show up for each other, even when it's hard.

It’s the worst possible nice thing you’ll see this year.

Part of BokFest 2026

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Running Time - 65 minutes

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UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. 

Latecomers may not be admitted. 
Refunds and exchanges are not available.