Colder Than Here by Laura Wade

ST MICHAEL’S PLAYERS |1949-2019

BEGINS IT’S 70TH YEAR WITH

‘POWERFUL & DELICIOUSLY DELICATE BLACK COMEDY’

COLDER THAN HERE BY LAURA WADE

The weather is warming up and the sun is out. Spring is around the corner and we are in the mood to celebrate! St Michael’s Players have been entertaining Chiswick audiences since 1949 and we kick off our 70th year programme this April with Laura Wade’s beautifully poised intimate family drama Colder Than Here.

First performed at the Soho Theatre, London, in 2005, Wade’s award winning original and beautifully observed play balances raw emotion with a deliciously delicate black humour.

Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying, but in the meantime, life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned. As a mother researches burial spots and biodegradable coffins, her family are finally forced to communicate with her, and each other, as they face up to an unpredictable future.

I first read this play about a year ago and was immediately drawn to its poignancy, humour and warmth. But it became even more powerful when, in the very week we began rehearsing, my own mother died.            I hope you find it as powerful as I.  Paul Smith – Director

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