About the Show

Beth Steel's new play about a larger-than-life family struggling with a changing world.

Sylvia and Marek are getting married, and you're all invited. Over the course of a hot summer’s day, their families welcome a newcomer into their fold. But as the drinks flow, passions boil over and the limits of patience & love are tested, putting the newlywed's future into question...

Former National Theatre writer-in-residence Beth Steel ('The House of Shades') pens this new play, which is directed by Bijan Sheibani ('A Taste of Honey').

Critic Reviews (11)

"Bijan Sheibani’s full-throated production...feature an absolutely stunning ensemble."
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"A funny, heartbreaking piece of writing, wonderfully acted, tenderly directed…"
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"...rollicking, complex and bearing the tragic inevitability of Greek drama."
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"It’s often deliriously funny, but also has a stabbing sense of insoluble pain."
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"...utterly unmissable play a theatrical event to remember. It’s sensational."
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"this hilarious, heart-stopping family saga makes an early bid for play of the year"
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“Compassionate, hilarious and tangy with fear and longing.”
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"...has a cheeky spirit but a tragic undercurrent"
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Royal National Theatre