INTIMATE STRANGERS is a black comedy dealing with one man's obsession with another's misdeed.
Tom and his fiancee move into a rented flat with two friends, only to discover that their landlord, Ellis, is now wifeless, and missing a living room of furniture. Tom becomes convinced that Ellis has murdered his wife, and sets about proving it, to the detriment of his relationship with his fiancee. Before long, Tom begins to realise that he and Ellis are not as dissimilar as he might wish, and that his own life is beginning to reflect that of the man he hates. The story has dark undercurrents of suppressed sexuality and stylized violence, and tackles themes of obsession, the breakdown of love and friendship and the border between fantasy and reality.
The play was written by Jon Thrower and a production directed by him, and produced by Patchwork Penguin Productions in association with Bath University Student Theatre appeared at the 1995 Edinburgh Fringe.
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"This flat-sharing black comedy in the shallow Grave tradition with
its small strong cast and steady plot is one of the most reliable student
productions this year... Writer/Director Jon Thrower captures the tensions
of flat sharing to a tee..."
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