The Trap

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Tom and Clem are deep in debt. Alan, Toms boss, owes big bucks. Meryl, Alans manager, is mortgaged to the hilt. Their lives revolve around Debt Duck, payday loan company lending money to the desperate. When The Debt Ducks owner liquidates the company and retires to his luxury chalet, Tom, Clem, Alan and Meryl each decide to crack the safe, steal some cash and put an end to their financial woes. But will they break the cycle of debt Or is this just another terrible trap A biting new topical comedy about the perils of a capitalist world from one of the UK's top contemporary playwrights.

Author Bio

Kieran Lynn is from Liverpool. He trained as an actor, and has since worked as a playwright, amongst other things. He has had plays produced in theatres across the UK and around the world, including An Incident at the Border at the Finborough Theatre/Trafalgar Studios, Pushing Up Poppies at Theatre 503, Bunnies at the Bike Shed Theatre, The Recurring Rise and Fall at the Hampstead Theatre, Breaking the Ice at the Traverse Theatre and The Trap at the Omnibus Theatre.