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ContreCoup @ 24:7 Theatre Festival

THE eagerly-anticipated new play from M.E.N. Theatre Award-winning Ross Andrews, winner of an M.E.N. Theatre Award for his The Judgement Of Mr. Jenkins and nominated last year for Eating Out, is a surprising and sobering dark comedy.

Richard (Ian Curley) has not only to look after his wheelchair-bound wife Sarah (Hazel Earle), apparently beyond any form of communication after a car crash, but also to deal with his interfering, recently-bereaved father-in-law Malcolm (Richard Sails).

Then a sexy new neighbou Penny (Amanda Leigh Owen) moves in and seems interested in Richard. But this is less a re-run of Nighty Night than a genuinely moving reflection on unconditional love and the real nature of identity.

ContreCoup is on at Funktion until Sunday, July 27. Click here for more information.