Introducing the third of the short plays in Happy Hour: Please Do Take Offence written and directed by Zachariah Chamberlaine.

Customer service reps are used to dealing with angry callers from time to time. But as Alex (Zach Chamberlaine) works for the Broadcasting Standards Authority, pretty much everyone who calls is doing so to complain. And this disgruntled caller (Salomon Marttila) is no exception!

The caller has been VERY OFFENDED by several programmes he’s seen on TV, but it turns out his problem isn’t quite what it first appears to be….

So, what’s he really complaining about? You’ll have to come to the show to find out!

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Introducing the second of the short plays in Happy Hour: Brief Encounter written by Roger Mortimer-Smith and directed by Zach Chamberlaine.

We all know the feeling – you’re minding your own business on public transport when some weirdo starts talking to you. Do you ignore them or resign yourself to smiling and nodding for the rest of the journey? If you’re a celebrity (albeit a Z-list one) things are a bit more complicated. You can’t really snub your fans. Well, not unless you want to get cancelled on Twitter.

Miriam Robertson (Jessica Calonius) is a relationship guru who has written a string of best-selling self-help books full of, ahem, intimate details about her own marriage. In the middle of a train journey, she finds herself in an awkward situation when she’s accosted by some bloke from Sheffield (Branislav Đaković), who happens to be a huge fan.

How does she handle it? You’ll have to come to the show to find out!

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Introducing the first of the short comedies in Happy Hour: Play the Game written by William Patterson and directed by Zach Chamberlaine.

Two men. Two coins. The Game.

After the final meltdown, Harry (Matthew Paines) and Ralph (Abel Parada Millán) play the game in an attempt to take their minds off things while they wait for the markets to reopen (or not). With this basic premise — two men killing time in an indefinite setting – the general atmosphere has shades of both Waiting for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Short plays don’t have much time for explanation. They generally present us with a vignette that either needs no explanation or leaves the viewer to fill in the blanks. In Play the Game, we are fed a tapas menu of little clues, but are ultimately left to imagine exactly what the final meltdown was, how long Harry and Ralph have been playing the game, and what “the game” really is. Is it just this silly game, or does it allude to a greater and more metaphorical idea?

Decide for yourself by coming to the show!

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Photo: Zach Chamberlaine