Director, Azar Kazemi, has injected pace and vivacity into the proceedings.

…the show still roars with life throughout: there’s a sense of pent-up energy and a kind of raw, vulnerable intensity that, frankly, I’ve not seen for a good long while. Risks are taken here. You won’t be bored for a moment.

Director Azar Kazemi steered this script with a light enough hand to give us belly laughs but allows it to hit the audience in the solar plexus.

The solid performances by these ladies under the near-perfect direction of Kazemi makes for a delightful theatrical experience- one that will also have you thinking about life and perhaps your own family stories.

It’s a chilling family gathering where grief cannot be explored directly without wading through the intergenerational traumas of growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family.

For all of its humorous moments, this play ends up ripping your heart out through your eyes and ears. I suspect that I am not the only one who will leave the theatre knowing that something transformative has taken place…

Under the direction of Azar Kazemi, the Rivendell ensemble flawlessly embodies these women…