Caxton Theatre

Have you ever wanted to change place with your spouse so that they understood what you contribute to the family, discover your everyday trials and tribulations. 

You could find out exactly what people thought of you, how they behaved whilst not in your presence, how they behaved around other people, hopefully get a chance to rebuild fractured relationships. 

However, you could discover things about your family you and they preferred kept hidden. 

You could discover their innermost secrets, and they could discover yours. 

The Rodales seem like an ordinary family, but beneath the surface things are beginning to crack. Jill and Mal have lost the spark in their marriage issues of her own. And while they all share advice on how others should like their lives, nobody is really taking it on board - until Mal and Jill see things from a dramatically different perspective, that is. 

Waking up one morning and finding they have switched personas. Mal in Jill's body and Jill in Mal's, they must continue life "as normal" as their other half. 

Will seeing things from the other side make matters even worse, or is this just what they need in order to save their family. 

Cast

Mal Rodale - 40s/50s - Manager of a furniture store, Mal is very much a man's man, Rugby fan, pint after work type. His marriage to Jill has become stale, and his eye has begun to wander. He is at odds with 15-year-old son Sam's role in the school Shakespeare play, "prancing about in tights, bloody shirt lifter".

Jill Rodale - 40s/50s - Mal's wife. Jill is a frustrated full-time homemaker and bears the brunt of all domestic responsibilities. She is caught in the middle of the fractious relationship between Mel and Sam.

Sam Rodale - 15 years old - Mal and Jill's son. Schoolboy Sam is a typical schoolboy, all hormones and angst. He is more Shakespeare than sport, and angry at his father for his conflict over his role in the school play. Sam has to deal with his parents apparent personality swings. 

Crystal (Chrissie Smith) - 20s - Mal and Jill's newly married daughter and new Mum to baby Liam. She looks particularly to Mum Jill for support and advice as she struggles with marriage and motherhood. What she shows to Jill isn't always the case. 

Dean Snaith - 20s - Chrissie's husband and colleague of Mal. Dean has it all, Assistant Manager at the store and married to the boss' daughter. Eager to impress his boss and father-in-law Mal, he thinks of himself as a fun guy, life and soul of the party type. However, after a couple of shandies he begins to show personality changes himself. 

When Jill and Mal swap bodies, the actors continue playing their original body. (In other words, the actor who starts playing Mal later plays Jill in Mal's body, and vice versa.)