It’s not every day you get to experience a live theatre production just up the road from where you live. So, it was decided we’d have a ‘Girl’s Night Out’, 3 generations; Nanna, Mum, me and sister.
I can honestly say Finding Nana was the most captivating theatre production I’ve seen. I laughed; sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly to myself. I cried, lots. What made Finding Nana particularly enthralling was the fact that it was an autobiographical production (I’m a sucker for a true story) told by a single actress using an extremely simple set – a bed. From the very beginning I was immersed in the story unfolding in front of me.
Jane and her Nana would holiday together every year on the Isle of Wight., As Jane grew up, Nana became increasingly forgetful and confused, developing dementia and eventually ending up in palliative care before her death. Jane is desperate to remember her Nana at her best but she’s plagued by the worst memories as they intermingle with the happy times. So Jane embarks on a memory tour of the Isle of Wight in an attempt to banish the memories she’s plagued by whiles also trying, heartbreakingly, to be closer to her Nana.
We all thoroughly enjoyed this theatre production. If you get the chance to see it, you really must; just remember to take a tissue (or two) with you.