Circles

<i>-So where you going? And isn't it a little past your bedtime?<br/>-Coming from you?<br/>-This ain't no open top tourist thing you know? It's the 11.</i><br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><i>Circles </i>received its world premiere at the Birmingham Rep on 9 May 2014.