Details

95 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.

Cast/Performers

Lucinka Eisler, Dennis Herdman, Giulia Innocenti

Creatives/Company

Author: Ben Lewis
Company: China Plate Theatre
Director: Lu Kemp
Design: Jamie Vartan
Lighting: Amy Mae
Sound: Elena Pena
Costume: Yukiko Tsukamoto

The Lounge

The Lounge (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01764060673. Details of all The Lounge archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1084581558

Archive Listings

10 May 17 to 11 May 17	The North Wall Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
25 Apr 17 to 20 May 17	Soho Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Apr 17 to 21 Apr 17	Contact Theatre Manchester, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive
28 Jul 16	artsdepot Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive

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