Last Christmas.
Cast (R-L): Alison Lenihan, Ross Foley, Darius Nash and Andrew Ford
A nuclear family struggles to accept a painful truth hiding in plain sight on Christmas Day. Strained cheerfulness, a ruined turkey and rising desperation sound the death knell of jolly Christmas.
Written by Joe Fairweather
Directed by Clare Sturges
Spilt Milk Theatre Productions
AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff
“...a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into a household where a family is coming to terms with a [loved one’s] drug addiction. [Whereas] a lot of literature in this genre follows the user themselves and their carelessness, Fairweather puts the focus on the mother and how the family is clearly damaged by the actions of another. It is clear Sturges wanted to capture both the mundanity and the damage caused when dealing with addiction, and did it wonderfully.”