Lost Connections
Cast: 1M, 4F
Run time: 50 minutes
Stranded on the platform of a foggy railway station waiting room with an unhelpful mobile signal, Rosie grows increasingly anxious waiting for her partner, Charlie. She is unaware that she is surrounded by the ghosts of grieving women from different eras who are all trapped in an eternal limbo of waiting for their own lost loves.
Lost Connections explores how sudden tragedy traps individuals in a state of emotional limbo.
Characters:
Rosie (F: Mid - late 20s) young woman, waiting for her partner. Reading her phone, getting gradually more stressed.
Moira (F: 70 - 80s) Station Cafe owner. Empathetic, clairvoyant. Waiting for her husband Frank, who died in Lockington rail crash, 26 July 1986. Wears practical cardigan, and tweed skirt with apron over. Grounded and unsentimental, she acts as a go-between between the living and the dead
Victoria: (F: 30s) Ghost from 1876. Her husband, Arthur, was killed on a level crossing. Heavy elegant Victorian clothing. Grim, gothic with outdated views on life.
Emily (F: 20s) Ghost from 1915: Appropriate housewife clothing. She does not speak, but hums a tuneless version of ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’ as she passes through. She has lost the ability to talk, but always hovers in the background listening to conversations.
Florence (Florrie) (F: 20 - 30) Ghost from 1944. WW2 munitions worker, with only one shoe, which makes her limp. Practical, blunt, weary. Uses wartime grit and sarcasm as a shield against her grief and eternal waiting.
Charlie (M/F: Late 20s.) Rosie’s partner. Appears normal, but moves very slowly. Slightly dazed, and initially not aware of the tragedy of the situation.
Trigger warning:
Please be advised: This production contains themes of suicide, loss and grief. It explores emotional situations that some may find distressing.