Based on a true story, Cordelia Lynn’s debut play for the Royal Court, Lela & Co., tells the tale of a young girl trapped in an increasingly tiny world.

In the beginning was the mattress. Gradually, other little changes – more bolts on the front door; the gun; the locked cupboard. And she knew in her heart that change was bad.

Lynn was part of the Royal Court’s Writers Group in 2012/13. Her other plays include Believers Anonymous and After The War.