Paper

People dont need scissors. They dont need beautiful, handcrafted, ninety pound scissors, however impressive they might be. But they do need somewhere to live.

Faye and Mel have been together forever. Two kids, a mortgage and a diabetic hamster. A regular, unexceptional existence. They work hard, they get by, they do their best. So if its true - if Fayes father really has left the factory to her - theyd deserve it, wouldnt they? The site could be worth a fortune - not for making scissors, but ripe for redevelopment. It could change everything. But first they need the paperwork.

Paper is a play about family, heritage and legacy, and is part of Chris Bushs triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors. The three plays were first performed simultaneously with the same cast moving between three theatres in Sheffield – the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Studio – as part of Sheffield Theatres fiftieth birthday celebrations in 2022.