House of Agnes

<i>House of Agnes</i> is the second play by Levi Addai described as 'an attractive new talent' by the <i>Independent</i> after his 2005 debut <i>93.2FM.</i> The play is published as a programme text to coincide with the production by Paines Plough that opens at the Oval House London in March 2008.<br/><br/>After forty years of building a home in London Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. Her final wish is for her sons to live together under the same roof when she is gone.<br/><br/>But her eldest Sol is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her and younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house - except share it with Sol.<br/><br/>As her departure draws closer tensions in Agnes' house rise to breaking point. Will she trust her twenty-first century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes?