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I Love You Doesn't Count If You Say It Instead Of Sorry

The Hope Theatre · Islington
I Love You Doesn't Count If You Say It Instead Of Sorry

A dark comedy about familial love, obligation, and the weight of care, this play follows a brother and sister in their twenties as they attempt to carve out independent lives; new jobs, fledgling relationships, and messy weekends that promise escape. But they are never entirely free. At home, their mother’s mental illness keeps everything precarious, pulling them back into a cycle of crisis, vigilance, and reluctant responsibility. Living on a kind of emotional fault line, they balance humour with exhaustion, love with frustration, and hope with the constant fear of what might happen next.