Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness moves between dream story and real lives to tell an intricate, complex story of a young man dealing with the break up of his family and the legacy of race responsibility.



Joey's an ordinary man but everywhere he looks people are slipping away. A notice at work catches his eye. He doesn't know where to go next - his Dad, the community or Marvin Gaye. In a world he can't connect with, is there someone out there who can connect with Joey?



The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2005.

David Eldridge's plays include Falling (Hampstead), Thanks Mum (BAC/Red Room), Summer Begins (Donmar Warehouse/National Theatre), Dirty (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Cabbage for Tea Tea Tea (perform ed by Channel 4). He also wrote Under the Blue Sky for the Royal Court (2000). Eldridge has also wri tten Serving it up; A week with Tony; Under the Blue Sky; Festen; M.A.D.