-So where you going? And isn''t it a little past your bedtime?
-Coming from you?
-This ain''t no open top tourist thing you know? It''s the 11.
Circling the outskirts of Birmingham on the Number 11 bus, two teenagers develop an unlikely friendship. Meanwhile a mother observes her daughter''s attempt to leave a violent relationship. Against the backdrop of a changing city everyone involved is forced to re-examine what they thought they knew about love, trust, family and friendship.
Rachel''s De-lahay''s vivid and powerful new play boldly explores cycles of violence and what it takes to break them, examining the effects of such violence on a generation of young women.
Circles received its world premiere at the Birmingham Rep on 9 May 2014.