Introducing the second of the short plays in Happy Hour: Brief Encounter written by Roger Mortimer-Smith and directed by Zach Chamberlaine.

We all know the feeling – you’re minding your own business on public transport when some weirdo starts talking to you. Do you ignore them or resign yourself to smiling and nodding for the rest of the journey? If you’re a celebrity (albeit a Z-list one) things are a bit more complicated. You can’t really snub your fans. Well, not unless you want to get cancelled on Twitter.

Miriam Robertson (Jessica Calonius) is a relationship guru who has written a string of best-selling self-help books full of, ahem, intimate details about her own marriage. In the middle of a train journey, she finds herself in an awkward situation when she’s accosted by some bloke from Sheffield (Branislav Đaković), who happens to be a huge fan.

How does she handle it? You’ll have to come to the show to find out!

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Photo: Anni Taponen