By James Graham

Finborough Theatre

September 2008

Director: Kate Wasserberg, Design: Alex Marker, Lighting Design: Tom White, Sound Design Andrea J. Cox

Cast
Barry Aird, Colette Kelly, William Maxwell, Kazia Pelka, Stephen Webb

Press
**** Four Stars Time Out (Critics Choice)

'The dowdy living room where the action takes place has been lovingly created by Alex Marker, complete with suitably kitsch ornaments, Mantovani and Andy Williams records and a prehistoric video player.'
Philip Fisher - British Theatre Guide

'In Alex Marker's beautifully recreated 1978 sitting room, complete with three bar fire, ridiculous wallpaper and dark green velvet sofa, the plot revolves around the family's grim winter. Mam (Colette Kelly) is in slow decline but despite this Terry (William Maxwell) remains cheerful as he fights the reality of her illness.'
Emma Catty - MusicOMH.com

'Alex Marker's set has all the hallmarks of a seventies living room - the heavy patterned wall paper, the electric two bar fire, a white portable television and a record player with a Mantovani record cover on the shelf next to it.'
Aline Waites - What's on Stage

"Economy sliding, prices rising, industrial unrest ... I'll tell you summet for nothing, he'll wished he'd called that election when he had the chance, oh yes..."

Hull. December 1978. The Winter of Discontent. Rubbish rots on the streets and picket lines block the factory gates. Feeling betrayed by the Labour government, a community battens down the hatches and prepares to fight. Britain's future hangs in the balance - and by summer, nothing will ever be the same again.

Meanwhile, on Arthur Street, Mam is dying, Dad can't cope and no one dares tell him that Mark doesn't want to be a truck driver...