Really Old, Like Forty Five

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T01702525399 (BRENTWOOD11) Company Ad Hoc Players.
8 Jun 11 to 11 Jun 11	Brentwood Theatre, Brentwood :: V1024 listing details L1935892424
T806181181 (COTTESLOE10) Producer National Theatre. Director Anna Mackmin. Design Lez Brotherston. Lighting Mark Henderson. Design Mark Grimmer (video). Design Lysander Ashton (video). Choreographer Scarlett Mackmin. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Lucy May Barker. Performer Paul Bazely. Performer Amelia Bullmore. Performer Tanya Franks. Performer Gawn Grainger. Performer Thomas Jordan. Performer Michela Meazza. Performer Judy Parfitt. Performer Paul Ritter. Performer Marcia Warren.
27 Jan 10 to 20 Apr 10	Cottesloe (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L01980872188

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Play :: You can sit there with your knit knit knitting but some of us have places to go, some of us are still ready to strip the light fandango before we shuffle off, so don't tell me what to do. There are just too many old people. As a government research body seeks to deal with the problems of a maturing population, a family addresses its own. Lyn’s memory starts to go, Alice takes a fall and even Robbie has to face the signs of ageing. Relations are put to the test across three generations. As are those who enter the increasingly sinister world of State Care. I don’t see how you can legislate for all old people this way. What’s the cut off? Tamsin Oglesby’s furious comedy confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age. It exposes a society in which compassion vies with pragmatism and, by asking unequivocal questions, it comes up with some extraordinary answers. Oh they’d have a choice, yes. If they choose quality of life over cure. Quality of life has always been an option.

Author

Tamsin Oglesby