This collection features 12 sketches blending absurdity, dark humour, social satire, and existential musings, all delivered in a light and accessible tone. Each scene involves two or three characters caught in an ordinary situation that gradually veers into the strange, the surreal, or the metaphysical.
Whether they revolve around death, identity, aliens, or talking dogs, these sketches humorously explore doubt, loneliness, the absurdity of social norms, and the human need to understand — or recognise — one another in an ever-changing world.
List of sketches
1 – The Day of the Dead
2 – The Trap
3 – A Mousetrap
4 – The Cat and the Mouse
5 – Gold bars
6 – Disappearance
7 – Escape
8 – All Right
9 – Authentication
10 – Idiots
11 – The Map
12 – The Primroses
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