Synopsis

A seemingly simple wooden room in rural 18th-century England becomes the stage for a complex exploration of identity, technology, and the human desire for connection and meaning.

C, a modern executive participating in a corporate team-building exercise, finds herself transported to a simulated 18th-century sewing group. As she struggles to adapt to this unfamiliar world of embroidery and simple living, her 21st-century mindset begins to clash with the scenario’s intended narrative. What starts as a straightforward historical reenactment quickly unravels into a surreal and unsettling examination of C’s psyche and the society she comes from.

Crowe crafts a layered and thought-provoking piece that blurs the lines between past and present, reality and simulation. Through C’s increasingly erratic attempts to control and analyse the sewing group, the play explores themes of technological advancement, corporate culture, and the loss of human connection in our modern world.

As the artifice of the simulation breaks down, revealing the corporate structure behind it, Crowe poses a haunting question: In our quest for progress and efficiency, have we lost touch with fundamental aspects of our humanity, and can a return to “simpler times” truly offer us the redemption we seek?