Polar Bears, a East End Comedy

Polar Bears received productions at Harrogate Theatre and Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

"Look, drugging your mate in the pub is one thing, knocking him out when he’s unconscious in your living room – well, that’s beyond the pale", Ronnie, Polar Bears

An explosive and darkly comic play about the ultimate rejected lover’s ploy: the ritual torture and humiliation of your cheating best mate. Expect razor-sharp dialogue, outrageous humour and cruelty towards flat-mates.

Ed’s girlfriend’s ditched him. There’s dark rumours that his best friend Charlie’s seeing her. He meets Charlie in a pub. Then the drink starts to kick in. Ed ends up spiking Charlie’s drink and dragging him back to his flat, tying him up and ‘interrogating’ him. There’s only one trouble with this classic rejected lover’s ploy; how do you hide your best mate tied up in your living room from your flat mates?

ED: "Don’t get me wrong, I tried bringing him round, givin' him a slap, dousing him with water, but it was no use. The landlord comes over and says to me, “ere, son, your mate can’t sleep in the pub, it’s against the law”. I said, he’s not sleeping, he’s meditating, is there a law against meditating in a public house, good Landlord? But he wasn’t having it, so I had to bring him back here, I tied him up for good measure, and that’s when he confessed. (Pause) I slipped him a Mickey Finn in the pub, see. He's right out cold he is". Ed, Polar Bears

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