Set in future Britain - The Minister of Loneliness is an absurd concept comedy, that examines what it means to be lonely in a post pandemic world. David, an architect living in Germany is called back to his native England in order to attend his father’s funeral. However, life in the UK is starkly different. After a series of pandemics and an escalating mental health crisis, the British government have put a ‘live-on script’ structure in place to prevent loneliness.The scheme means, that each person has a life script that they must live by - creating security, certainty and economic stability.The country seems to be working together, until David becomes caught in the system. In his desperation for freedom and a return ticket home, David sets off a series of situations that cause people to question the structure and themselves. By exposing the system’s flaws, he also sees his own - learning that loneliness is a state of mind and love can take you home.