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The mayfly hatches in the morning, mates in the afternoon, dies at night: a lot can happen in a day. A family searches for new beginnings: Ben thinks they might be better off without him, but his wife Cat has read her stars: `Today a very special person will appear from out the blue’. Their daughter Loops is getting ready for a date. It’s her first one, and she has everything crossed. People think that cos you’re from a small village, everyone will know you. But we can still go missing. Even out here. An ethereal family drama, Joe White’s debut play Mayfly explores rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy

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'You told me you loved me, once. You said you carried me. You remember that? You still carry me? Or did you drop me, somewhere along the line?' A chance encounter at an AA meeting and they're drawn to one another. Then later, once they're drinking again, they both have this almost-feeling that they might have met before – could even have been together, sometime in the past... They should really get sober together and figure it all out: that would be a worthwhile project. Maybe they will. Just after one last drink... A compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory, Joe White's play Blackout Songs was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in November 2022, directed by Guy Jones.

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