The Gift

The Gift description

Love your theatre funny? The Gift will delight you, fresh from the pen of the respected award-winning playwright Dave Florez. A deliciously eccentric plot packed with plenty of paranoia and a very strange mystery make this new three-hander a comedy not to be missed.

Colin gets a shock...

Colin is sent an anonymous parcel. He opens it and is totally bemused and appalled by what’s inside. Who would send him such a thing, and why on earth did the sender deliver it in a cake box?

He knows he should ignore the strange gesture but the trouble is, Colin is a man who just can’t resist existential angst. He dives right in, disappears down a series of paranoid rabbit holes, and keeps on finding new suspects. As Colin’s list of potential perpetrators grows to enormous proportions he vows to do whatever it takes to smoke the culprit out.

Can Colin channel his inner Poirot to reveal the offending sender? Will Colin’s sister Lisa and her husband Brian be able to distract him? This brilliant story explores what we should do when someone tries to meddle with our lives: do we take it in our stride, see the funny side, or pull out all the stops to find who’s responsible and make them pay?

The creative team

The creator of the show is the acclaimed screenwriter and playwright Dave Florez (Embers, Experience, Afterbirth, Somewhere Beneath). Directed by Adam Meggido (Peter Pan Goes Wrong) and Designed by Sara Perks, the show’s Casting Director is Abby Galvin. It is produced by Postscript Productions in association with Park Theatre.

Playing at Park Theatre

Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3JP GB (venue info)

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