Georgia is wearing dark glasses again. Domestic violence usually occurs behind closed doors, but Mrs Potts is quite certain she knows what’s been happening. Her advice is based on her own bitter experience. Men who use violence never change. They may say how sorry they are. They may mean it. And they may say it will never happen again. But it will. There is only one sensible course of action: get out of the relationship. However, when it comes down to it, doing what’s sensible simply isn’t that easy.
Cast: 2F, 2M
Mrs Potts – middle-aged, motherly, coffee shop proprietor
Georgia – early 40’s, highly-strung, Oliver’s wife
Oliver – mid 40’s, complacent, Georgia’s husband
Mark – late 30’s, edgy, Georgia’s lover
Running time: approximately 15 minutes
Performed (with the title Unsighted) at Actors and Writers London, July 2016
Performed (re-titled In Plain Sight) at North London Actors, September 2018
Performed by Rare Fortune Productions in Brief Encounters at the OSO, Barnes, September 2020
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