Stockholm

by Bryony Lavery

WHEN AND WHERE

7:45pm Tuesday 7th – Saturday 11th March 2023.

The Old Court Theatre, Springfield Road, Chelmsford CM2 6JT.

There will be a Talkback Q&A with the cast and directing team after the performance on Friday 10th March .

CAST & CREW

Director – Rebecca Skingley

Assistant Director – Richard Dawes

TODD: Bruce Murray, Ben Perkins and Martin Wilderspin-Lovell

KALI: Laura Bradley, Lori Heather and Lauren Gladwin

SYNOPSIS

Meet the couple every couple wants to be. Attractive and immaculately turned out, they are the perfect team. Tomorrow they will be in Stockholm, a city where, in summer, the sun shines 24/7 and sometimes it’s dark all day long. Treading a fine line between tenderness and cruelty, “Stockholm” reveals a relationship unravelling. It’s beautiful, but it’s not pretty.

Kali and Todd plan to travel to Stockholm tomorrow, but tonight – a celebratory birthday dinner full of champagne, reminiscing … and fighting.

On the outside their lives seem perfect, but behind closed doors their passion overflows into cruelty and spite. Their increasing devotion to each other pushes out all others from their lives, until they desire only to be together – their ‘us’ time.

Stockholm gives an insight to a unique relationship between Todd and Kali, inspired by Lavery and research into Stockholm Syndrome which names the intriguing bond between perceived victim and aggressor. The narrative takes us through an evening in their world, Todd’s birthday, where calls from friends and family are purposefully ignored, jealousy fuels bitter arguments about past relationships and the climax of the evening isn’t the fancy meal but an aggressive fight between two lovers.

PLEASE NOTE: This play contains very strong language.

Standard tickets are £12 Concessions* £10.00 (except Friday and Saturday) available online via our Ticketsource page or by calling Ticketsource on 0333 666 3366.

Please note that a fee of £2.00 is applied by Ticketsource to all telephone bookings. There is a small fee (approx. 25p per ticket) for booking online.

Tickets are also available on the door at the Old Court Theatre from 45 minutes prior to the performance (cash and card payments accepted.)

*Concessions apply to under 18s and over 65s, unemployed and students with a valid student ID.