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Battersby Buildings has 75 flats, so at least 75 people live there - and yet very few know each other. Beryl, aged 68 and recently widowed, lives on the ground floor, daytime television her only companion. In the flat above her lives Chelsea, 18, not long out of care and struggling as a new single mum to Albie, a colicky 18 month old. Along the corridor from her lives Simon, a young man with learning disabilities and a sunny disposition with a passion for 'flashmobbing'. On the top floor lives Laura who, unbeknownst to them, connects them all, in her role as a Samaritan - they all call Laura when they are feeling at their loneliest. The residents go about their daily lives, passing each other but never seeing one another - until one fateful day when Laura's past catches up with her, and brings them all together. Each show will have a 20-minute Q & A with an expert from the Samaritans and other organisations who offer support to lonely and isolated people.

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Author: Gaye Poole
Presented by: Oxford Concert Party (in association with Human Story Theatre)