Wet House
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573110504
"What brings you to the care industry? And please do not tell me you want to make a difference."
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Alcohol, Smoking, Intense Adult Themes
- Accolades:
- Winner! 3 Journal Culture Awards for Writer of the Year (Paddy Campbell); Performance of the Year (Wet House); Performer of the Year (Joe Caffrey) - (2013)
Based on his own first-hand experience working in a wet house, Paddy Campbell's award-winning debut full length play asks who will look after the people that no one else will look after?
REVIEWS:
"A thrillingly funny and painful vision of life in a homeless shelter... All hail a fine new voice."
The Guardian
"Paddy Campbell's smartly structured debut play defies expectations and finds a strong, theatrical language in which to tell some unpalatable truths."
The Telegraph
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
MIKE - Mid forties, hostel worker.
ANDY - Twenty-three, hostel worker.
HELEN - Mid forties, hostel worker.
SPENCER - Forties/fifties but looks older, hostel resident.
DINGER - Late forties, but looks much older, hostel resident.
KERRY - Late teens-early twenties, pregnant, hostel resident.
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Wet House Script
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When Andy, an idealistic young graduate, gets a job in a wet house, a homeless hostel where residents can drink alcohol, he is plunged into a twilight world where the rules about what is right and what is normal have become a little blurred. And that's just among the other staff. |
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