Watch Home Hindrance here

written by David Leddy

directed by Matthew Lenton

Performed by Gowan Calder, Brian Conaghan, Paul Hickey, Louise Ludgate, Clare Yuille, Alan Sawers

Dates: 1st – 19th May 2007

Venue: David Leddy’s flat in Glasgow’s west end

Home Hindrance is a site-specific theatre piece and web-based film performed in David Leddy’s own flat at the top of a Glasgow tower block. There will only be six people allowed in the audience each night, making for an intimate and intense night out as they are led through the flat, finding a different actor in each room. This emotionally compelling piece weaves together such diverse themes as chronic sickness, soft porn magazines, weird Japanese food and ‘SOS’ by Abba.

In Home Hindrance, life at the top of a Glasgow tower block becomes melded with life on board the international space station, which can be seen on clear nights from the bedroom window. The play takes a semi-autobiographical look at the writer’s own experience of living with a chronically sick partner for the last five years. At the same time, the piece investigates the degree to which any play is ‘based on a true story’ and the problematic ethics of writing about the lives of people close to you. Oh, it’s a love story too.

After the closing night of the live show, the piece was made available as a high quality downloadable film on the internet (click here).

Press on Home Hindrance

* * * * 'Richly poetic... haunting... exceptional... superb... mind-blowingly fine writing and acting' The Scotsman

* * * * 'Unique... Leddy articulates grief's differing voices, creating a touching requiem for the living' The Guardian

* * * * ‘ Timeless… memorable… clever… Our proximity to members of the fine cast is like a secular version of a mediaeval audience member feeling the heat of Christ’s body as he passes during a passion play.’ Sunday Herald

* * * * ‘As we leave the flat there’s a distinct feeling that we’ve shared in something much realer than reality’ The List

* * * * ‘Intimate, tender and poignant… a moving portrait of lives lived and, just as importantly, a life lost. ‘ Metro

During the show, the character Eammon shows pictures of the other characters. Here they are:

'Backstage' photos. The cast preparing to perform:

David writing Home Hindrance:

HOME HINDRANCE - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR PROMOTERS:

Venue: A domestic flat. Must be a real person’s flat, not a fake flat! A different scene takes place in each room. Rooms are flexible, but original version used: living room, kitchen, dining room / study, bathroom with shower, bedroom.

Capacity: Depends on size of smallest room in venue (usually bathroom). The original piece had an audience of 6 each night.

Staffing: 6 actors, 2 hosts (preferably the real owner of the flat and David Leddy himself, hosting the piece like a dinner party).

Please email to discuss availability: