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The Lounge archive95 years go by in a flash. An afternoon lasts an eternity. In a care home lounge somewhere in the South of England, 97-year old Marsha Hewitt begins the last day of her life. But she cannot go quietly. As the radiators burn and Jeremy Kyle blares, festering rivalries, estranged relatives and murderous impulses jostle for space on the Axminster carpet. A riot is brewing. Extreme old age is the fastest growing sector of the population. We are voyaging into a new realm of human life that has hardly existed before, an age where nearly one in five people currently in the UK will live to see their 100th birthday. The Lounge looks at the way we as a nation cope, or fail to cope, with the process of ageing we are all engaged in, young and old.

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Author: Ben Lewis

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Archive listings for The Lounge (2017)

Work type: Play.

T01764060673

Company China Plate Theatre. Director Lu Kemp. Design Jamie Vartan. Lighting Amy Mae. Sound Elena Pena. Costume Yukiko Tsukamoto. Performer Lucinka Eisler. Performer Dennis Herdman. Performer Giulia Innocenti.
10 May 17 to 11 May 17The North Wall, Oxford :: V0818740866
listing details L433428409
25 Apr 17 to 20 May 17Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035
listing details L581986128
20 Apr 17 to 21 Apr 17Contact Theatre, Manchester :: V483
listing details L033444351

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