Direct Pressure

Driving in outback Australia, forty five year old Linda hits a tree. Trapped and dying, she is found by twenty-five year old English backpacker Jeff. Unable to free her from the wreck and too far from help to leave her, Jeff must overcome his self-doubt and accept Linda’s mortality. Straight talking Mum Linda can see that Jeff thinks his life is on a road to nowhere and reaches out to him despite her pain. A product of today’s society, Jeff thinks that the important people are the rich and famous and believes greatness comes only in that guise. As they share pieces of everything about their lives, and philosophise about the nature of being, Linda’s life draws to an end and Jeff learns that living a full life is more important than simply avoiding death. Direct Pressure is a one-act contemporary play for anyone who has ever wondered why they sometimes feel so small and hopefully, leaves them feeling just a little bigger.