Come Back for Light Refreshments After the Service

Come Back For Light Refreshments after the Service is written by local Hills writer and performer, Julie Day. It is a touching, humorous, charming and very real observed study of the attitudes, expectations and aspirations of four generations of women. Beth, who nursed her Alzheimer-stricken father for five years, plans to sell the house and go backpacking. Her plans are met with a variety of opinions from disapproval to delight. As in reality, the theatre of life unfolds, problems are shared, truth is told and laughter unites as these four women work together and chat in the kitchen preparing food for the wake of Beth’s Father. Real sandwiches, cakes, scones and tea are served to the audience as they become the mourners visiting after the funeral. This play about relationships and understanding, the role and value of the carers in our society and the comradery of women garnered rave reviews and a Fringe Award for excellence at the Edinburgh Festival.