Through the character of the teenage Fog, the play addresses the issues of the broken family in a ruptured society, where a whole underclass of young people have become severed from the mainstream, cut adrift to inhabit an alternative urban England, with its own codes and rules, taking with them some of the worst aspects of our present culture – including the desire to gain material things with as little effort as possible.

"…… two families, one white and dysfunctional, the other black and aspiring. Fog is a teenage boy who, along with his sister, is put into care by their soldier father, following the death of the mother.
When Cannon returns ten years later to reassemble his family around him, he is not able to comprehend this ‘new’ England he finds, nor is he prepared for the damage that abandonment and an inadequate care system has wreaked on his children. There is no denying his desire and desperation to repair what has been broken, but the question is - is it all too little too late?"

FOG will run for four weeks at the award-winning Finborough Theatre, in Earls Court, London, from January 3rd-28th - 2012. Dates and venue are confirmed. With sufficient funding, we will be undertaking a regional tour that will include out-reach workshops with inner-city schools and community projects on issues raised in the piece.
It will be directed by Che Walker, who has a long list of highly successful directorial and writing credits to his name. Che has hand-picked a strong cast of exciting young actors, all who are very committed to the piece. We have been very fortunate in getting a director with such excellent credentials who so is whole-heartedly committed to the play.
The play has received three rehearsed readings in the last few months. These have been for the purposes of inviting audience feedback as well as to generate interest in the issues raised in the piece. On both counts they has been successful, especially as it is our intention to cast our net wide in order to attract a very broad demographic in terms of audiences. Our intention is to contribute to a much-needed and long overdue dialogue on issues whose urgency has become starkly apparent in the rioting and looting in our inner cities. It has become crucial that coherent strategies be created, and that this can’t just be left to government but must be a dialogue involving all sections of the community, and most crucially, the young people themselves.

A selection of Testimonies from the readings:
Pam Redican, principal of Wings School (Cumbria and Nottinghamshire). She won the Pride of Britain award in 2007 for her dedication to the education and care of ‘difficult’ youngsters: "A play like this helps to dash the misconceptions that children get into the care system because of something THEY have done wrong ….. A moving experience to watch as the story unfolds and one that needs to be put there for the public to see….. It’s a play that needs to be seen and a script that should be in every school"
Michael Frank, pupil of Wings School: "It was absolutely outstanding, with a story line that many can relate to"
Roy Williams OBE, British Playwright: "The dialogue is exquisite throughout. It does more than simply jump off the page, it leaps out grabs you by the throat and smacks you around. A truly original well written piece that succeeds in doing what I always want from a good play. To learn. To think. To laugh. To cry. To feel"
David Tucker, TV Director:"A vivid piece of writing, funny, sharp and intriguing"
Jane Boston. Senior lecturer and Head of International voice, Central School of Speech and Drama: "Beautifully pared down, the rhythms of life are really there. The writers have given a voice to those who have none"
Rikki Beadle-Blair, Director and Playwright: "A wonderful exploration into modern human relationships, a found lyricism in language. Humour fused with drama, just what new writing should be"