Everyday Maps for Everyday Use
by Tom Morton-Smith
by Tom Morton-Smith
A stunning new play explores the themes of fantasy and sexuality, blurring the lines between reality and desire through the intertwined lives of characters connected by a Martian invasion and personal struggles.
About The Play
About The Play
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★★★★ Four Stars, The Arts Desk
★★★★ Four Stars, Everything Theatre
★★★★ Fours Stars, The Upcoming
Maggie has found a warm patch of ground on Horsell Common. She believes something is buried in the dirt. This is the site of the Martian invasion in H G Wells’ The War of the Worldsand she sneaks out of the house in the dead of night and dances on the warm spot. Here she meets Behrooz, an amateur astronomer who spends his nights mapping the surface of Mars.
Cartographer John is remapping the streets of Woking. He’s about to become a father and is terrified by the thought. He finds an ally in Corinne, Maggie’s mother – a woman struggling to keep her sex life separate and secret from her daughter.
Kiph, who everyone thinks is gay, its madly in love with Maggie, his best-friend. He attends a book signing to meet his hero, Richard Bleakman – star of cult 80s sci-fi show John Carter of Mars. Richard has problems of his own.
A stunning new play about fantasy and sexuality, and about the blurry and indistinct lines between reality and desire.