A new play About women, independence, and Tupperware, A Tupperware Conundrum, will be running at the CornerHOUSE in Surbiton from Friday, 7 March until Saturday, 8 March.

BubaLaugh's first production A Tupperware Conundrum is a feminist comedy set in 1960s Southern America, during, you guessed it, a Tupperware party.

The play's description says: "What do you do when you have a picture-perfect life, a wonderful home, and a marvellous family - but discover something is a little out of place? Throw a Tupperware party of course!

"A whodunit story- housewife, Hillary, is trying to work out who among her invited friends and family has slept with her husband.

"Looking at female friendship, influence and the independence that Tupperware bought millions of women, they hope to amuse and inspire their audience to think outside the (Tupperware) box."

'A Tupperware Conundrum' is Bubalaugh's first production (Credit: Bubalaugh)

Written and directed by Abigail Shore, A Tupperware Conundrum is currently in rehearsals and the cast and crew are excited for people to come and watch.

Speaking about her inspiration behind the play, Shore told Kingston Nub: "I have always found 1960s women saying things that they don't mean but smiling about it really funny in a way.

"Like when someone says, 'I like your hat ha ha ha', but really, they mean 'your hair's really ugly'.

"That kind of underpinning horrible messaging, but you say it with a smile and you kind of just have to let it go. So, I love that kind of 'politics' in that way.

"And I always like to make people laugh. So, it's very much like 'let's do it while we can laugh and have a joke about it and be a little bit silly with'.

"Also, it ties to the current political climate in that it's a scary time for women."

The play's writer and director, Abigail Shore, took inspiration from 'The Help' (Credit: BubaLaugh)

Shore also took inspiration from the film The Help.

She said: "The Help is a big inspiration for me because it's a fascinating story. Women in the 60s and the 50s are all so fascinating.

"And the fact they just had to deal with everything and then smile when their husbands came home and just be like, 'yeah, it's all fine' when it's not.

"And the fact that Tupperware was like, 'do you know what? We're creating a space for you where you can b**** about your problems.' And women were like, 'yes, let's go'."

Shore originally wrote the story while she was at university when it was picked up by the Wimbledon Space Studio.

She said: "They offered me some performance time and I revisited it, and I wanted to look into the story of the women and how women do also help each other. It's just in our nature to help each other.

Shore has lived in Surbiton for "six or eight years" and is a "big fan" of Surbiton and Kingston.

She decided to have the play performed in the cornerHOUSE after previously taking part in one of it's pantos, which she found out about from a poster in the local area.

She said: "cornerHOUSE just blew my mind. It's the fact that community still exists, which warms my heart so much. Everyone at the cornerHOUSE is so lovely and everyone just wants to do their best."

Shore created BubaLaugh productions to set up a brand to put her work behind.

She told Kingston Nub: "I was like, 'this needs to be about having fun'.

"Because I feel like a lot of things today are very much like, 'I need to make loads of points, and I need to think about it in four different layers' and it's like,' yeah, you can think about it for different layers, but if you do want to just go along and have a nice, fun time, go for it'."

Rehearsals for A Tupperware Conundrum began on 7 January and "it's just such a friendly environment where everyone can kind of say what they need to and want to as well," says Shore.

Speaking about the casting process, Shore said: "Throughout the whole process, I wanted to give those who are brand new or those who may not have representation yet a chance and I also wanted to champion women, especially in the backstage, because I know that there's a discrepancy of backstage and there is a gender gap."

The play's cast only has one man in it (Credit: Bubalaugh)

Shore wanted to cast women and non-binary actors, and the play's cast only has one man in it.

Lisa Falb who plays Maureen said: ""What I really love about our group is that I always felt welcome and heard as an international artist.

"I love that this is such a collaborative process, everyone can share their ideas and some of them even get added to the play."

Peter Clamp, who plays Thomas, has also enjoyed being part of the show.

He said: "It only took one rehearsal to see how this play is on to a winner.

"From incredible cohesion, brilliant insightful scene and character developments and a strong talented cast of females - London watch out! Abi, the Writer, Director and Actor, has really brought this together into a cracking play."

Elisabeth Tu said: "It is such a delight to be part of a play about women just being women.

"Our writer and director clearly understands the importance and is very intentional with this, which reflects in the warmth and togetherness we feel in the rehearsal room."

And Izzy Burton, who plays June, said: "The brilliant thing about being a part of this play is we get to learn about our history as women and put ourselves in their shoes. It really makes you appreciate the freedom we have."

The play's cast have enjoyed rehearsals (Credit: Bubalaugh)

The play's Producer, Morgan Clarice said: "If you love Tupperware, big wigs and good old-fashioned gossip you'll love this play!"

A Tupperware Conundrum will also be running at The New Wimbledon Theatre Studio in Wimbledon from Tuesday 11 March until Saturday 15.

You can buy tickets either by following BubaLaugh's Instagram or here.