Two Come Home

A new play with music comes to The Cockpit theatre this September.

The award-winning new play with music

‘Two Come Home' transfers to The Cockpit

from 2nd to the 13th September

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A decade after a dramatic split, star-crossed lovers reunite at the worst time. Guilt, rage, and love collide in this award-winning new play with music.

It’s winter in an isolated rural town where ex-prisoner and recovered addict Evan leads a solemn and solitary existence, until some old ghosts return to unbury a decade’s worth of pain. Joe Eason’s new play with music sets an unflinching gaze on cycles of poverty, addiction, and homophobia in rural communities.

WINNER: ‘Best LGBTQ+ Show’ - Colchester Fringe 2024

FINALIST: ‘OffFest Award - Camden Fringe’ - Offies 2024

“At a time when the voices of Queer individuals from rural, working-class backgrounds are too often unheard, Two Come Home brings them centre stage, capturing the courage it takes to reach for connection against the odds. With its haunting live score, complex characters, and unflinching look at the scars left by prejudice and solitude, this play is a bold reminder of why Queer stories matter. This isn’t just a play – it’s a reckoning, a testament to resilience, and a call for empathy. A truly unmissable play – this is outstanding, unforgettable theatre.”

- SQUIRRP ★★★★★

“As Philip Larkin famously wrote, ‘they fuck you up, your mum and dad’. Besides the gay love story, there’s an important second narrative here about the failure of familial love. Come what may, raw emotion is never far from the surface in this attention grabbing show. There’s plenty of that strength of feeling in the furiously frustrated language the characters exchange, and there’s wit and poetry too.”

- THE SPY IN THE STALLS ★★★★★

“The audience are so invested in the story and the characters, that when the 90 minutes is up, it still leaves you wanting more from this passionately written, poignantly performed production.”

- RATED REVIEWED ★★★★★

"Eason’s hauntingly melodic score is a perfect complement to the play’s affect. Performed by a tight trio of on-stage musicians, it sets just the right atmosphere for each and every narrative beat. The music works in natural tandem with the script, an all too rare accomplishment for many plays with music, not only bolstering the emotional resonance of the piece but also stylistically matching its deep connection with pace."

- THEATRE & TONIC ★★★★

“Two Come Home is ultimately about the survival of queer love. Playwright Joe Eason, who also plays Evan, cultivates an exquisitely painful narrative that, despite the terror it depicts, is hopeful in its messaging. Eason’s writing is optimistic, flying in the face of all who do not believe that love is love is love.”

- A YOUNG(ish) PERSPECTIVE ★★★★