21:30, Tue 11th – Sat 15th October 2022 at Corpus Playroom
Michaelmas Week 1
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Sex references, protest violence
After meeting at a pet cemetery, divorce lawyer Bernadette and free-spirited musician Oliver start to date. But their relationship is tested when a new law is enforced: citizens are only permitted to speak 140 words a day. As their regular relationship develops against the backdrop of a dystopian political experiment, we ask ourselves: can a relationship survive on tapping out messages in morse code? How do you argue with your partner when you’ve got a word limit? And what happens to words when there is so much to say and so little freedom?