Welcome to Mine

Welcome to my Spanish home, my Netflix account, my Ralph Lauren dining table, my ageing pug, my tapas order, my heartbreak, my nervous mother, my belief systems and my neurosis, all of it mine… right?

Laura and her mother, Grace, have been hit with the loss of Laura’s father. When Grace decides to sell the family home in Spain and move back to her hometown in the Netherlands, Laura feels torn. While she isn’t ready to let go of all those physical memories, she agrees to help her mother with the move. The trip must be done by car, as Grace’s pug isn’t able to travel by plane. With the help of family friend Michael, they journey from Spain to the Netherlands. But will a haze of fatigue, car sickness, travel arguments and a symptomatic pug, set Laura over the edge?

‘Welcome to Mine’ is a one-act play running at roughly 25 minutes. It was first produced at The Space for their TwoFest Festival and later commissioned for development and produced by The Play’s the Thing Theatre Company as part of ‘Taking the Stage 2022’.