The Merciless Mission of Molly McCloy

by Ian Grant

Opened on Zoom

June 2020

‘brilliant. very close to the bone’ – A.C Grayling

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Freddie Branscombe, recently elected British Prime Minister, ditches his wife in favour of a newer model. He’s unaware that his new squeeze, Molly McCloy, is a mole, run by the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, to advance their interests as the UK crumbles. The last thing they want is ‘checks in the Irish Sea’, misinterpreted by a false French tailor as a fashion statement. Molly, now powerfully pregnant, discovers that the DUP’s espionage is run by Dame Serena Ridinghard, head of MI6, who, curiously, converses openly with Sergey Susemilh, a Russian ‘trade advisor’ based poolside in a glamorous resort in Odessa. The British Establishment is hard put to get a grip.

The Merciless Mission of Molly McCloy opened on Zoom in June 2020.

Breaking the Fourth Wall said:

‘As a virtual performance, The Merciless Mission of Molly McCloy is arguably one of the most ambitious productions to date…this show by Time Productions is not only an attempt to put on a new, full-length play, it also has something to say about ‘these unprecedented times’.’