'Maybe that's what cooking is, you know. Home in a pocket.'
Ty, Leroy and Daniel have signed up to a new Caribbean cooking group. It's led by their Occupational Therapist, Naomi, who really needs it to go well. Believing in the healing power of food, Naomi is brimming with plans to evoke memories of Sunday dinners at home with family, to get the men to talk, share and create something special.
But when you're locked in a secure hospital, too much food for thought can be a bad thing.
Each Sunday the hospital is transformed with the smells and flavours of home, and together the four embark on a challenging journey of self-discovery where it's not just the pans that threaten to boil over. As the heat in the kitchen rises, the group is forced to reckon with uncomfortable truths – not only about who they really are, but also to face what they did that led them to become trapped within the system.
The funny and affecting debut play by Sophia Griffin, After Sunday is a searing examination of the intertwining lives of four people as they fight to find hope for a better future. Premiered at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.
