Montague Terrace

Four strangers, two in the present and two in the past meet in a rundown Victorian terrace converted into small flats.

A soldier, medically discharged with PTSD, returns to London in 1944 to find his home has been blitzed and his wife has run off with a Canadian pilot taking their daughter with them. He’s re-housed at Montague Terrace, where he meets Helena, a Czech refugee, who, despite being through hell to escape Europe only to spend a year in an internment camp, faces each day with renewed strength.

In the present day, David has lost his home and business in the pandemic, and so finds himself at Montague Terrace. He’s determined not to let this be the end and strives to face the new challenge. It’s there he meets Sarah, the victim of an abusive marriage who has been using the empty flat as a small refuge from her husband who resides upstairs, while her daughter stays with her grandmother.

The narrative weaves between these two timelines with these four lives, each displaced by extraordinary circumstances, converging at Montague Terrace. They grapple with personal demons and adversity, challenging us to consider how different we are across the span of time and what it takes to find our way. Their stories, watched over by the ancient tree, remind us of the enduring human spirit and the connections that bind us, transcending the barriers of time and space.

Cast

Helena/Sarah  -           Naomi Richards
Jim/David        -           Adrian Harris

This play was originally written with funding from the West of England Combined Authority and is now in development with Brass Works Theatre ahead of arranging a tour of the South West. We welcome feedback on this scratch performance as we take the play forward for production.