Grooming Veronica

A stage play in two acts. The beloved leader of a nation Harry Hellman is unwell. Veronica the younger of his two daughters works as an anonymous checkout assistant in a supermarket shielding herself from the political intrigues she so despised growing up although she must still tolerate the stalking strangers wanting to know what she knows. When Harry slips into an incapacitated state his advisors approach Veronica in order to groom her to replace him. Unwilling and uncertain Veronica must dig into the memories of her childhood to discover the truth and the toxic corruption at the core of her family. Grooming Veronica is a dark comedy about politics family and the secrets and lies inherent in both. www.davidscott.ie