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Deposit

Matt HartleySeries: NHB Modern Plays
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Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Nick Hern Books

About

A bittersweet and vital play that throws a spotlight on 'Generation Rent' and the lengths they will go to in order to get that first step on the property ladder.
Rachel and Ben want to buy a flat in London. And so do their friends, Melanie and Sam. But what with rent, tax, student loans and bills, it's impossible to save for a deposit.
So the foursome come up with a fast-track solution to the problem: live together. Sneakily split the rent and bills on a tiny one-bedroom flat for a year. But with paper-thin walls and space growing sparser by the day, which will they sacrifice first – the friendship, the relationship, or the dream of buying their own property?
Matt Hartley's Deposit premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in 2015, and was revived there in 2017.

Related Subjects

  • General
  • Drama
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • European

Extended Details

  • SeriesNHB Modern Plays

    Reviews

    "'A quiet corker… as a snapshot of a moment in time, the play truly matters'"
    The Arts Desk
    "'Compelling, urgent... It's remarkable how much Hartley has packed into a lightning-quick 90 minutes. His play is a test tube, delectably colliding the personal and the political, then chucking in glances at class privilege, a sprinkling of sitcom laughs and a hefty emotional clout, too... A modest, state-of-the-nation mini-masterpiece'"
    The Stage
    "'Matt Hartley's play laces comedy with some tough philosophising... an unexpectedly moving account of how property is theft in more ways than one'"
    Guardian

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