Your host Ellie had the opportunity to speak with writer of unaligned Yasmin Jenkins. This play is part of Tip Trays new writing competition, What happens next?

‘Unaligned is at its core, a play about chronic pain and relationships. Hattie had an operation to fix her wonky spine, many years ago. She is now left to deal with chronic pain and a variety of other symptoms. We watch her on her journey of accepting her disability and all that comes with it. We also see how this has affected all the relationships in her life. The main relationship focussed on is the romantic relationship with Daniel that she stumbles into at the start of the play, they need to find the balance between Daniel looking after her as he would do with any partner but not turning into her carer. Will they work it out or will Hattie's stubborn desperation for independence and Daniel's need to fix the ones he loves get in the way?’