Five new short plays developed and supported by The Mono Box.
THE INTERVIEW
by Graeme Brookes
A panel of three interviewers are meeting with one of many applicants to see if they're 'working class enough' to obtain support from their elite organisation. In trying to offer their support, the expert panel slowly lose control with their own reality. What starts with honest intentions turns into a grotesque grilling.THE INTERVIEW is an absurd comedy written with a biting political edge that will make you laugh, wince, cringe and scream!
PAPA
by Sid Sagar
PAPA explores the troubled relationship between a father and a daughter. It questions notions of parenting, failure and masculinity, and asks whether we can ever truly overcome our past mistakes.
NSA
by Charles Entsie
NSA is about the conflict between doing what it takes to survive in the present, when also trying to secure something for your future.
LA MERDE
by Roberta Livingston
La Merde follows the journey of Chrissy, a black student who is obsessed with make-up. She aspires to be as successful as her idol Allegra Aldridge, a YouTube beauty sensation. But as she delves into the growing beast that is the YouTube world she soon discovers the cracks that are hidden within it.
GODFREY
by Aisling Towl
GODFREY is a short play set in an 'up and coming'/ gentrified South London restaurant. It follows four people; Simone, Jason, Carys and Godfrey, through one working day, honing in on the kind of seemingly mundane conversations that expose the parts of ourselves we try desperately to hide.
Sid Sagar is an award-winning actor, writer and narrator. With over 60 audiobooks narrated
to date, Sid has lent his voice to a wide range of genres, from literary fiction to historical
epics to cosy crime. He has won AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration of Salman
Rushdie’s Victory City, Natasha Pulley’s The Hymn to Dionysus and Janice Hallett’s The
Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels. Sid effortlessly shifts between tones, dialects and
emotional textures. His narration style has been praised for its clarity and warmth, making
even the most complex material feel alive and accessible. Beyond audiobooks, Sid regularly
works on stage and screen. He won an Eastern Eye Award for Best Actor for his
performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s The Starry Messenger in the West End. Other credits
include Cabaret (West End), Ballet Shoes (National Theatre) and Slow Horses (Apple TV+).
As a writer, his work includes Middle Men and John from Hemel (BBC Radio 4), Baked
Beans (BFI NETWORK), and Biting Point (Hull and UK tour, published by Faber).
