"Helen" - a stage play
Schedule
Thu Mar 20 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:45 pm
UTC+13:00Location
Elmwood Auditorium, Aikmans Rd, Merivale | Christchurch, CA
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Maureen Lennon’s “Helen”, a deeply poignant and profound look at how grief can impact a life...Cast: Helen – Karyn Gibson | Becca – Sophie Wallace
Helen is forty when she loses her husband. Her daughter Becca is fifteen when her dad dies. Now it's just the two of them... what do they do next? Unfolding through snapshots of a relationship over forty years, Helen explores the threads which bind mother and daughter together, how they damage each other, and how they come to each other's rescue.
A play about love, grief, and getting ashes stuck to your trouser leg – Helen by Maureen Lennon was shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.
'Powerful... wrenchingly sad... successfully captures that dislocating out-of-body feeling that can accompany profound grief, and there are some truthful moments of humour and tenderness, too' - The Stage
'Brisk, intense and with a strong emotional hit' - London Pub Theatres
'Beautifully written... hugely recommended' - There Ought To Be Clowns
PLEASE NOTE: Contains strong language and adult themes including alcoholism and self-harm.
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Where is it happening?
Elmwood Auditorium, Aikmans Rd, Merivale, 79 Aikmans Rd, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand,Christchurch, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
