Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van is a poignant, witty exploration of an unlikely real life relationship between a playwright and a homeless woman who lives in a van on his driveway for fifteen years.

Set in Camden Town during the 1970s and 1980s, the play dramatizes the true story of Miss Mary Shepherd, a mysterious and eccentric woman who parks her dilapidated van in Alan Bennett’s garden and stays there far longer than anyone anticipated.

What begins as a temporary arrangement evolves into a complex, often humorous cohabitation that challenges Bennett’s boundaries and assumptions