Three childhood friends now find themselves in their 50s. When one of them stops answering the phone after a break-up with her boyfriend, the others decide to pay a visit to her apartment. Upon their arrival, they discover the place is full to the brim with clutter, and in a comically escalating (yet ultimately fruitless) attempt to create order from this chaos, they lay bare the messes that have been building up within their own lives…

Featuring a new translation, these readings of leading female playwright NAGAI Ai‘s ambitious best-seller Women Who Want To Tidy Up mark the first ever British takes on this laugh-out-loud script, exploring relationships, hoarding, aging, menopause, and many more issues most women will relate to at some point in their lives.

Directed by Ria Parry, each of these readings in Oxford and London will also be followed by a post-performance talk with NAGAI Ai herself.