Houses Apart is a sharp comedy that peels back the layers of family dynamics. Set in the Essex countryside, the story starts following the death of Andrew Bennett, a man whose life was as fragmented as his family. For the first time, his five estranged children, now adults, are forced to reunite to settle his will. But the inheritance is only the tip of the iceberg. Old wounds are reopened, secrets spill out, and the family’s fragile walls collapse - sometimes hilariously, sometimes heartbreakingly.

The story is a funny inquiry into the complexity of family relations, inheritance and belonging. At its heart, Houses Apart asks: how does the love we are given - or denied - growing up shape who we become?