Modern Plays

Freedom finally beckons for Algie Packer, Essex''s most notorious gangster. He''s done seven years inside and now he''s coming home to collect his reward – £3,672,000 in untraceable notes.

But there''s something Algie''s family have forgotten to mention . . .

The Packers are Essex''s lovable, but most dysfunctional family. Witness their desperate attempts to cover their tracks before Algie arrives to collect what is rightfully his.

Barking In Essex is a riotously funny comedy by Clive Exton, published and produced for the first time in 2013.