When Mia’s dad suffers a traumatic brain injury and struggles to leave the
house, she makes it her mission to find the cure for his symptoms. Delving
deeper and deeper into the world of neuroscience, Mia is desperate to
make him better, but first she must contend with her own brain.

Content warnings:
Strong language, Discussion of brain injury and the associate affects, Discussion of anxiety, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder and mental health, References to blood, Discussion of hearing loss, References to agoraphobia, At one point a character says “take him out and shoot him”, in jest.

Chloë Lawrence-Taylor is a playwright from Oxfordshire. She is on attachment at the National
Theatre Studio and is a member of the Royal Court Theatre’s Long-Form Playwriting Group
having previously taken part in their Intro Group (2022/2023). She has been commissioned by
Women & Theatre (Birmingham) and has worked with Clean Break Theatre Company as a Lead
Artist. She is an alumnus of the Royal Court Theatre, the North Wall’s Catalyst Residency, the
Old Fire Station, Broken Silence Theatre, and Pentabus’ National Young Writer’s Programme.
Chloë’s play When the Head Became a Cage, The Heart Took Flight was longlisted for the RSC’s
37Plays in 2023 while her play True Cry was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2022. Her
plays have been performed at Camden People’s Theatre (If We Ended This, 2021) and the North
Wall (Hereafter, 2018) and read at RADA (When the Head Became a Cage, The Heart Took
Flight, 2023).

Paul Sirett is an award-winning, Olivier-nominated playwright, dramaturg, and musician.
Paul has written over 25 stage plays and musicals which have been produced in the UK
and around the world. 11 of these were first produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East, most
notably THE BIG LIFE (Stratford East & West End). Other notable productions include RAT
PACK CONFIDENTIAL (Nottingham Playhouse & West End); and REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
(Graeae). Paul has also won awards for his radio plays and has worked extensively as a
dramaturg for companies including: the Royal Shakespeare Company, Soho Theatre, the Royal
Court, National Theatre, and West End & Broadway producers. Paul’s book, The Playwright’s
Manifesto, was published by Bloomsbury/Methuen in 2022. Paul has also toured and recorded
extensively as a guitarist.