This new play says what no one else will about old age

Care for the elderly, whether in hospital, in a specialised residential setting or in a person’s own home, is one of our most pressing social issues. It is also complex, expensive and decidedly unsexy, which is why the topic is too often avoided, not least by the entertainment industry. Writer/director Alexander Zeldin is not one to shy away from such a subject, given that previous hard-hitting projects of his have covered homeless hostels and zero-hours contracts. Zeldin’s latest work means that the London stage now offers the magnificent Linda Bassett, lynchpin of Call the Midwife as Nurse Phyllis Crane, as […]

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