 It s a tough day for Adam Westbury (Tim Carr), he s having problems at work, problems with his health, problems with his relationship. To top it all off, he s feeling left out, because everyone in his world speaks in rhyme except for him. Feeling alienated and dejected, he talks to a quirky bartender, Mortimer Kushnick (Mike McGrath) who has a joke for everything. Adam ventures off to have a very bad day, however six feet behind him, Mortimer is there, cracking jokes and trying to cheer him up. "A deeper shade of soul" is a comedy about alienation, rejection, and the hope, that just maybe, a bad day can always get better.