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Old Fools

Tristan BernaysSeries: NHB Modern Plays
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Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
Nick Hern Books

About

We'll tell the same old stories, all over again. And we won't complain. Because it's Christmas.'
It's Christmas Day, sort of, and Alice, Mike and Tess—three generations of the one family—are busy preparing a feast, singing songs, spinning yarns and squabbling about snacks... like only a close family can. But someone is missing from the table.
Telling their stories in turns, and breaking off for the odd musical interlude, the family pass the time waiting for Tess's mum to arrive. As they do, we see a picture of how one family forms its traditions—and how those traditions matter most when there are problems on the horizon.
The Last Noël by Chris Bush is a funny, moving, uplifting play with original songs. An innovative festive drama, it captures the unique bonds of family and how coming together to share stories and a meal can be a modern Christmas miracle.
It was first produced in 2019 by Attic Theatre Company and Arts at the Old Fire Station on a tour of venues around London, before a Christmas run at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.

Related Subjects

  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • European
  • Drama
  • Adult Nonfiction

Extended Details

  • SeriesNHB Modern Plays

    Reviews

    "'Deft, restraining and moving theatre… a light-of-touch portrait of a relationship through the prism of memory'"
    Time Out
    "'A parable that somehow moves and finds light in the deterioration of the mind - through love… this terribly sad play is worthy of a place in your memory'"
    Independent
    "'One of the most moving and beautiful plays I have seen. It is written with honesty and both joyous and painful'"
    British Theatre Guide

    Artists

    Tristan BernaysAuthor