Overview
Mum told me that there was something in his brain that was different,
she said that he liked to put his toys in lines and that was a symptom
or whatever. I used to go in his room and see all his stuffed animals in
a line and I'd mess them up. I'd mess the line up. Rose loves her
brother Mikey. Mikey loves Rose, Bruce Willis films and the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles, but he hates change. When their mum is diagnosed
with leukaemia, their world is plunged into chaos. Rose returns home to
find a very different brother to when she left. But today is his
eighteenth birthday and Rose wants everything to be perfect, though
life with Mikey isn't ever that simple. Inspired by events in the
playwright's own life, Plastic Figurines is a funny and moving play that
explores the relationship between siblings with very different views of
the world. This edition was published for the first revival of the play
at the New Diorama, London, in September 2016.