Tanya is dead. Killed by her husband. The play follows his journey from this point on. Why did he do it? Can he get away with murder? Is domestic violence ever justified? Why didn’t she just leave him? We all know the story. …don’t we?? Cliché is a new play set to challenge our preconceptions surrounding domestic violence.It is a one man show which begins just after the central character has killed his wife, Tanya, whose lifeless body is present throughout. It is her 30th birthday and friends and family become increasingly concerned when she doesn’t answer her phone messages and misses appointments. A series of voiceovers contribute to the style of this powerful and beautifully constructed play. Half in prose, half in verse, a story unravels of a desperate man who has murdered the woman he loves. A man despised by her friends and family who believe he has been mistreating her for years.

Tanya is dead. Killed by her husband. The play follows his journey from this point on. Why did he do it? Can he get away with murder? Is domestic violence ever justified? Why didn’t she just leave him? We all know the story. …don’t we?? Cliché is a new play set to challenge our preconceptions surrounding domestic violence.It is a one man show which begins just after the central character has killed his wife, Tanya, whose lifeless body is present throughout. It is her 30th birthday and friends and family become increasingly concerned when she doesn’t answer her phone messages and misses appointments. A series of voiceovers contribute to the style of this powerful and beautifully constructed play. Half in prose, half in verse, a story unravels of a desperate man who has murdered the woman he loves. A man despised by her friends and family who believe he has been mistreating her for years.