by Paul Adam Levy

Synopsis

Full of quick-fire and witty dialogue, House Proud is a satire about the Leave and Remain Brexit campaigns. Runner up for best new play at Isle of Mann TheatreFest and finalist for the NDFA National Playwriting Award.

Tenants fight over what they think should be acceptable in a modern-day British household, from an unwanted foreign plumber sleeping on the sofa to potentially toxic energy drinks being consumed on the property.

Nigel, a manipulative, long-term tenant, seizes this opportunity to pit the other tenants against each other, using the sleeping tradesman as a catalyst to get what he wants – to get rid of the current landlord. 

The situation escalates into a moral argument about national pride and the class system. The landlord quits after losing a vote on a key household issue, leaving the tenants unsure of what happens next and what they were arguing over in the first place.

A new landlord promptly arrives but discovers that the plumber on the sofa is not sleeping on the job but is dead. Nigel, having achieved his goal of disruption, chaos, and ensuring the house is in a worse state than it started, leaves them to clear up the mess.

Not wanting to deal with a corpse or the havoc Nigel and the previous landlord caused, the new landlord abandons the two remaining tenants to fend for themselves. They now have to decide if they should work together and overcome their disagreements to make the house is a pleasant place to live.

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