What is 1 Missed Call?
A powerful and original one-man musical blending high-energy musical theatre, sharp comedy, emotional honesty and raw, relatable truth. It follows one ordinary night slowly unravelling.
The Story
One night. One room. One missed call.
Set entirely within the confines of a living room, the narrative follows a man whose single missed phone call triggers an evening spent in increasingly desperate denial.
Through a dynamic sequence of original songs, candid stories, spiralling internal thoughts and darkly humorous phone calls, the show moves through fatherhood, fear of failure, toxic masculinity, self-worth and the exhausting demand to always keep it together.
At first, he performs masculinity almost like a comedy sketch. Big voice. Bravado. “Man of the house” energy. Whisky-on-the-rocks nonsense. But he knows the act is exhausting. Funny, yes. Familiar, definitely. But not entirely real.
One manOne performer carrying every version of the story.
Calls and voicemailsOrdinary conversations that slowly reveal what is underneath.
One questionWhat happens when he finally stops performing?
The truth doesn’t always arrive loudly.
