When a journalist with 30 years experience is suddenly made redundant, his thoughts begin to turn to revenge on his employers.

But according to director Frank McCabe, this new production of Joe Penhall’s 1998 play The Bullet is not so much about the current problems facing newspaper media.

“Charles loses his job in a very straightforward mass redundancy,” says Frank.

“He takes it very personally, and devises a conspiracy in his head that hasn’t actually happened. It is about how his family try to talk him down.”

The play sees the realisation of one of Frank’s long-term ambitions.

“I am a big fan of Joe Penhall, I’ve directed his work before,” he says. “He manages to write really complex, important plays, but makes them very accessible and full of humour.

“This piece is consciously based on Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman, which is my favourite play. I have spent a number of years finding the right cast and the right time to do it.”

Heading up the cast is former Eastenders and star of The Bill Russell Floyd.

“Russell is from a working class background which absolutely spot on,” says Frank. “He’s a bit like a Lee J Cobb character – he’s got a lot of power which makes him very charismatic on stage.”

The five-strong cast also includes Jett Tattersall and Nick Warnford, who starred in last year’s successful Power Lunch at the Open House. Nick also wrote and directed Hope Gap, which has just finished a successful Fringe run at the venue.

The play is only the second production by new Brighton-based company Two Bins, which also produced December’s The Night Before Christmas at the Brunswick.

Their third show, Red Sea Fish by Matt Wilkinson, is being premiered at Brighton’s Pavilion Theatre in September, before being taken to New York for the three-week-long Brits Off Broadway tour.

Two Bins is made up of 13 directors, musicians and filmmakers.

“There’s a lot of energy and resources available,” says Frank of the company. “It’s hard work if there are only two or three of you, but it’s much easier with 13 shoulders to the wheel.”

  • Starts 7.45pm, 6.30pm Sundays, no performance Mon, tickets £8.50/£7. Call 01273 709709.