Clifton, 1995 - and Alice celebrates her 85th birthday in the bosom of her loving family. But as she sips her Bristol Cream and real agenda is revealed. Alice is becoming increasingly frail and her children use the occasion to attempt to persuade her to move into a home. Alice, however, has other plans...As the battle rage overhead Alice's consciousness drifts, time shifts - and past and present merge. The result is a wonderfully skilful distillation of a family, So Long Life casts a flickering glance back across the 20th century through the lives of six wayward individuals.| 22 Oct 01 to 27 Oct 01 | Arts Theatre Cambridge Cambridgeshire |
| 15 Oct 01 to 20 Oct 01 | Wycombe Swan High Wycombe Buckinghamshire |
| 8 Oct 01 to 13 Oct 01 | Theatre Royal Brighton East Sussex |
| 24 Sep 01 to 29 Sep 01 | Malvern Theatres Malvern Worcestershire |
| 17 Sep 01 to 22 Sep 01 | Churchill Theatre Bromley Kent |
| 10 Sep 01 to 15 Sep 01 | Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire |
| 29 Aug 01 to 8 Sep 01 | Theatre Royal Bath Bath & North East Somerset |
