It’s been a long time coming. Raise your glasses, actors are finally treading the boards again at the cornerHOUSE.

The arts centre in Douglas Road, which hasn’t seen a production for nine months due to lockdowns, is back with a flourish – a double bill of dark comedy starting tomorrow (Thursday) and running for three nights.

Mastering Business by Dermot Murphy lets us in on a rollercoaster relationship between two drug dealers. Who owes what to whom? How will things play out when there is a lot at stake?

Susannah Finzi’s Reunited brings two former college team rugby players, together in a pub run by bar manager Julie. The erstwhile teammates haven’t seen each other for some time. How have their lives panned out in reality, but what will they tell each other?

James Thomson stars in both plays alongside Shonesé Mercier (Mastering Business) and Rosalind Lonsdale and Ryan Anthony-Jones (Reunited).

Tickets for the double bill on July 1-3 at 7.30pm are £10 and can be bought at www.ticketsource.co.uk/leantheatre Numbers are limited because of social distancing. Tickets are refundable if the performance is cancelled due to Covid restrictions.