‘I’ve been doing this for over twenty years and I’ve never had a student not pass first time. Tyler, do you trust me?’
Max is a retired cabbie who now prides himself on being the best driving instructor in Birmingham. Tyler is desperate to escape his suffocating hometown and start a new life in the big city.
As Tyler gets to grips with clutch control and the highway code, he and Max find themselves navigating the challenges of manhood and personal regrets. Within the confines of a Vauxhall Corsa, the pair strike up an unlikely friendship they both needed more than they ever knew.
This heart-warming story of acceptance is a new Bush Theatre commission written by Will Jackson (Yours Sincerely, Soho Theatre & UK Tour).
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Will Jackson is a Birmingham based writer and theatre-maker. His first play Magic Hour: The Murder Mystery Disco! won him the Singularity of Vision and Best Ensemble awards at the 2019 National Student Drama Festival. Will was named ‘A Rising Comic Star’ by Attitude Magazine for his solo show Yours Sincerely, which has toured over 80 performances across the UK to venues including Soho Theatre, Birmingham REP & Paines Plough’s Roundabout.
Other stage writing credits include Fashion Spies and Confetti which both debuted as part of Coventry City of Culture 2021 and are running at Edinburgh Fringe this, summer. His radio play The Life & Works of Veronica St. Claude staring Divina de Campo & Len Blanco will air on BBC Radio this year. As a divisor and facilitator Will has worked with companies including Stan’s Cafe, KIT Theatre & Told by an Idiot.
Will was one of the Bush Theatre’s ‘Emerging Writers’ 2019/20 and is a BBC Arts New Creative. He is an Associate Artist of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and is the Artistic Director of Quick Duck Theatre (a New Vic KILN Associate Company and one of New Diorama Theatre’s emerging companies 2019-20).
