Cups on a String

‘You think I’m some kind of broken kid and you just want to fix me. With games.’

Joe’s eleven and home is hard. School is even harder. He breaks stuff: pencils, chairs, rules. One thing he won’t break is his silence.

Heather’s fifty-seven. She’s got a comfortable life and a comfortable home. But her comfortable world is about to be turned upside down as she and Joe spend an hour a week together. Every week. For a year.

Where will this journey of hours and weeks take them?

Cups on a String is a warm-hearted and moving new play, developed from remarkable true stories. It’s about playfulness, listening and laughter, and how risk-taking and trust can lead to growth and transformation.

Challenging, surprising and beautifully hopeful, Cups on a String blends theatre, live music and digital technology to take you into the heart of the friendship between Heather and Joe, and the profound impact it has on them both.

The event is a collaboration between Make Lunch Warwick, Transforming Communities Together and CMCC. The play is said to be suitable for adults and teens, but not for younger children and will resonate with anyone deeply concerned about the current mental health crisis.

Host or Publisher Chase Meadow Community Centre