The highs and lows of owning your own home

When John sets off to travel the world in search of himself and consequently the root of a nagging pain that troubles him, his 'friends' John and Shirley argue over who will inherit his house. When John returns the battle for supremacy rages on with renewed force.

An early draft of the play was given a rehearsed reading with an all-female cast at the Shunt Arch in Bethnal Green. Hannah Ringham played John, Amber Sealey John 2 and Gemma Brockis Shirley. Glen Neath directed. A second reading at the BAC, on March 18, 2005, featured septuagenarians John Ringham and Godfrey Jackman as John and John 2 and Patrick Driver as Shirley. Mark Espiner directed. The first act was shown at 'A Life Affirming Joyride Vol. 1', curated by Ant Hampton, at the Hackney Empire, on January 13, 2006, with the same cast & director. Lizzie Clachan designed the set