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by Elizabeth Kuti

World Premier at The Finborough Theatre

28 November - 22 December 2007

cast
William Whymper
Katharine Barker
Chris Moran
Tracey Kearney
Rosalind Porter
Robert Emms

A small town in the south east of England. Eddie returns home for a peaceful family Christmas for the first time in many years. But the recriminations of his parents and girlfriend on his failings as a son and as a man force dormant conflicts to the surface and raise the ghosts of Christmas past...

Written and developed as part of an attachment at the National Theatre Studio, Elizabeth Kuti evokes both the poignancy and the poison of Christmas in a powerful examination of how families deal with their history.

directed by Jamie Harper
set design and construction by James Lewis
lighting by Adam Bullock
sound by Thomas Gisby and Neil Townsend
costume design by Nicky Bunch
nativity carvings by Eliza Kentridge

Playwright Elizabeth Kuti’s most recent work was The Sugar Wife which was joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and nominated for Best New Play in the Irish Times Theatre Awards. Director Jamie Harper’s recent include productions for the Lyric Hammersmith Studio, Tristen Bates Theatre, BAC, and the National Theatre Studio. He won the 2006 JMK Directors’ Award and the 2006 John S. Cohen Bursary for which he was Resident Director at English Touring Theatre and the National Theatre Studio.