A "dysfunctional family epic" is how Ben Wilson's award-winning script Homemade Takeaways is described.
The comedy-drama won the 2020 Playmarket Playwrights B4 25 competition and it's finally heading onto the stage, produced by the company Red Scare.
It's set in small-town New Zealand during Christmas with the 'chosen family' of four. These include a primary school teacher wants to write violent children's fiction, and a recently dumped self-help expert who is self-destructing.
Ben Wilson talks with Lynn Freeman about Homemade Takeaways and the cachet the phrase "award-winning" gives a young writer.
Homemade Takeaways premieres at Bats Theatre in Te Whanganui A Tara Wellington on Tuesday 22 November.
