AustLit

'Simon is a successful academic who has just been promoted to Professor. He lives with his wife, Helen, and leads a comfortable domestic life. But, in the present age of uncertainty, fear, and terrorism, and in the context of West's response in a post 9/11-Bali bombing world, the equilibrium of his life is about to be turned on its head. A plot is uncovered to blow up trains in peak hour. The army is on the street. Simon will learn that who we know can affect our personal security. He has to deal with a new reality that affects his relationships, his career and his sense of identity. ' Source: www.jmcdonald.info/plays.htm (Sighted 02/10/2008).