Melody (Oberon Modern Plays)

Tonight everything must go. Melody's got secrets - dirty, dark, and sick-to-the-bottom-of-your-stomach secrets that she's hidden away from for years. The tattoos up her arms tell part of the story, but the truth is a lot more complicated. John, the boyfriend, thinks he knows Melody, but he doesn't know the half of it. To him, it's just a question of presentation. Olive, Melody's irascible mother-in-law, thinks she knows all about it. She isn't afraid to put her oar in but she's got her version of events to hide. Ashley turns up at Melody's door on a mission to reveal everything. Only she doesn't know the full picture. The pressure that's been building up for years is about to boil over. "Melody" is a bitingly funny drama of a modern family's secrets and lies, reunion and revenge, and opens at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in March 2006.