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Til Death Do Us Part

A timely spotlight on love and loss, Til Death Do Us Part is the debut play of Safaa Benson-Effiom.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
After fifteen years of marriage, Daniel and Sylvia find themselves drifting further apart with each passing day. Until one morning, they find themselves abruptly united by every parent’s worst nightmare…

The shoes have been polished, the vases are full and the phone is ringing off the hook, but there’s one thing they’re still missing…answers. Forced into a confrontation, years of resentment and things long left unsaid rise to the surface as they question the circumstances that brought them to this point, and what happens to your relationship when the only thing holding you together, threatens to tear you apart.

A timely spotlight on love and loss, Til Death Do Us Part is the debut play of Safaa Benson-Effiom, and was a finalist in the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and Soho Theatre’s 2019 Tony Craze award. Originally presented as a Theatre503 and Darcy Dobson Productions coproduction.

REVIEWS:

"Shattering portrayal of every parent's worst nightmare."

 The Stage

"A play does not compromise on the essentials of engaging drama while examining contemporary issues."

 Broadway World

"This rare gem that is firmly worth the watch."

 Drama and Theatre

"A moving and emotional portrayal of a family in grief."

 Everything Theatre

"A riveting, must-see ninety minutes of theatre."

 The Spy in the Stalls

Premiere Production: Til Death Do Us Part was first produced at Theatre503 in London, on 3 May 2022.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F

  • ANDREW
    DANIEL
    SYLVIA
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    After fifteen years of marriage, Daniel and Sylvia find themselves drifting further apart with each passing day. Until one morning, they find themselves abruptly united by every parent’s worst nightmare…

    The shoes have been polished, the vases are full and the phone is ringing off the hook, but there’s one thing they’re still missing…answers. Forced into a confrontation, years of resentment and things long left unsaid rise to the surface as they question the circumstances that brought them to this point, and what happens to your relationship when the only thing holding you together, threatens to tear you apart.

    A timely spotlight on love and loss, Til Death Do Us Part is the debut play of Safaa Benson-Effiom, and was a finalist in the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and Soho Theatre’s 2019 Tony Craze award. Originally presented as a Theatre503 and Darcy Dobson Productions coproduction.

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