HARRIS IN PIECES

<p>Harris in Pieces is a cheeky cabinet of comic miniatures-short stories and poems that tilt the everyday theatre of modern life into the light and let it sparkle. One minute a head teacher is MacGyver-ing a shambolic school fête into triumph with nothing but duct tape diplomacy and tea. The next a slippery minister sashays back to his old school for a PR waltz-polish on the surface chaos in the wings. The joy is in the reveal: the distance between how we perform in society and who we really are.</p><p>The cast is gloriously recognisably human. Parents keep up appearances on the school run. Critics and politicians buffing their images for a fickle press. Ordinary strivers who can turn even simple plans into slapstick. The laughs land fast with smart dialogue razor-sharp asides and social observations that make you wince then cackle.</p><p>Threaded between the tales are nimble mischievous poems that stretch the grin: a light-footed tour of French rituals and appetites; a gleeful what if about printed houses that spooks bankers and pundits; riffs on convenience culture and the small myths we live by. The verse is musical without being precious generous without going soft.</p><p>What binds it all is a humane streak. Even the blowhards get a wink; even the chancers get their moment. Grace keeps popping up where you don't expect it like on the touchline under a PTA tent in the breath held before a photo-op. Dip in anywhere or read straight through. </p><p>Either way you'll get crisp setups satisfying payoffs and that aftertaste of recognition that lingers long after the laugh.</p><p>For fans of social comedy and modern satire Harris in Pieces offers bite with benevolence-laugh-out-loud scenes quotable lines and the warm shock of seeing ourselves just slightly </p><p>askew</p><p></p>