In 1970s London, four co-workers approach retirement, each quietly marking time. As the seasons turn, they go about their daily rituals and routines. Marcia (Pooky Quesnel, The A Word) hoards tinned food and drifts into solitude. Letty (Kate Duchêne, The Worst Witch) dreams of something more. Edwin (Anthony Calf, New Tricks), a widower, finds refuge in the church. Norman (Paul Rider, Don't Destroy Me) rails against modern life. Together, they form a quartet – a fragile compact to get through the days.

Freshly installed in 11 Downing Street, a fearless female Chancellor of the Exchequer is determined to get rid of the ancient urinal in her grace-and-favour en-suite. Intrigue overflows into outrage when it transpires that the porcelain was first tinkled on by that undying icon of Britishness, Winston Churchill. Soon, the whole nation has a view on this storm in a pisspot. Join us for this rambunctious romp through the corridors of power and discover whether our fearless Chancellor's grip on her Budget red box can survive the clamour for her Whitehall washroom to be awarded a Blue Plaque.

Five scarecrows – who have lost their original jobs thanks to climate change – come together in a commune, in the artificial setting of a white stage, with straw bales lying around like props from a bygone age. These disarmingly funny characters are undeterred by the difficult conditions: rendered redundant, they focus on making demo signs and slogans, and blowing pop music into the airwaves via pirate radio. Together they discuss potential forthcoming broadcasts. A feature on genetically modified carrots? A programme on cruelty? Insect deaths and pesticides? In Farm Fatale, world-renowned French artist and director Philippe Quesne – celebrated for his hybrid, strikingly visual performances – envisions an absurdly charming universe, inhabited by gentle dreamers and activists who have an urgent ecological message for our times.