Format
Short Play
Logline
It’s 1987 and everyone is looking for Alex, but he’s sat near Norwich Market watching the pigeons. His house has just burned down and he seems more worried about the cat, than his house.
Genre
Comedy. Dark Comedy
Themes
Full Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of 1987 Norwich, Cat Sick is a dark comedy about how a small mistake can snowball out of all proportions. When Alex accidentally burns his home down to hide a minor mishap, he flees to hide out on the local market stalls. His boombox-toting mate Ron, tracks him down and tries to find out what on earth is going on.
Excerpt from cat sick
AL: …No way I could hide what I done.
RON: Tha’s stealin’ from the light comp’ny that is.
AL: Yeah! I know that, but they weren’t to know. If it hadn’t broken off. It had all my finger prints onnit and my DNA and everything. So, I set fire to it. To get rid of the evidence.
RON: You goober!
Production & Publication
Sewell Barn Theatre 2020 – First draft reading.
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Reviews
I really liked this play. The humor is dark and funny, and the use of the dialect gives this piece a really unique feel. Would love to see it on this side of the Atlantic.
– Ross Tedford Kendall
“ What a situation Al has made for himself as he sits and mopes around the back of the market. This is a bad situation but the dark comedy draws you in somewhat against your will. Throw in a bemused friend and a sympathetic police woman and you have a great play here! ”
– Christopher Plumridge