4 March: A Family Affair

had thought that we had read this play, but a thorough search of our records show that I seem to be mistaken!

 

And so I hope you will enjoy it.

 

A Family Affair  

By Agnes Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri

 

 

Henry's mother, brother and sister-in-law turn up to celebrate a birthday. But Henry's missed his brother's crucial television appreance, his mother bought him the most inappropriate present and his younger sister's in trouble with her boss and secret boyfriend. Poor Henry's at the end of his tether. And the party is just getting started. 

 

This play is a translation from the original in French: « Un air de famille » 

 

7 January 2026: Labour of Love

 

Happy New Year Everyone!  I hope you all had a thoroughly enjoyable festive season.

 

I am going to hold over Miracle on 34th Street to next December (please remind me if I forget!) and start the new year with a play of family dramas!  Is this how your Christmas was!! 

 

Huge thanks to Debbie for reminding me that we will be reading Labour of Love by James Graham.  He is a modern author that we have greatly enjoyed in recent years.  The original cast was headed by Martin Freeman and Tamsin Grieg ... so that's a good start!

 

Labour MP David Lyons cares about modernisation and "electability"... his constituency agent, Jean Whittaker cares about principles and her community. Set away from the Westminster bubble in the party's traditional northern heartlands, this is a clash of philosophy, culture and class against the backdrop of the Labour Party over 25 years, as it moves from Kinnock through Blair into Corbyn... and beyond?