Ladies of Letters
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An Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production
LADIES OF LETTERS by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman
Adapted by Jonathan Harvey (Coronation Street, Gimme Gimme Gimme)
Irene and Vera meet under a table at a wedding, after consuming too much sherry. Over the ensuing years, they form a hilarious, barbed long-distance friendship.
Tessa plays Irene, an ex-mobile librarian with a flair for taramsalata, and Gwyneth is Vera, a retired medical receptionist, embarking on a new relationship with Bill. Between them they battle the big issues of the 21st century, for better, and worse. From climate change protest and drug trafficking to accidental imprisonment, they freely vent their views on their ungrateful children, how to find love at 60, and, on each other.
Ladies of Letters is a riotously funny, sharply observant comedy, packed with acidic detail that women (and men) navigating ungrateful families and M & S in an unforgiving world know so well.
Important information
Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including an interval)
Age recommendation: 13+
Concessions
1/2 price first night for Friends
Friends £2 OFF Bands A-D
O60s £5 OFF (Mat)
U18s £8 OFF (Eve & Mat)
Groups Tue – Thu
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