“If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.”
Bri is a school teacher. His wife, Sheila, loves amateur dramatics. But their daughter Josephine is more than they bargained for and life is getting difficult…
This fast-paced black comedy blazes with the love and pain, the anger and strain of a young couple raising a disabled child. Highly theatrical, frequently heart wrenching and often very funny, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967) is one of the great plays of the modern British theatre.
Peter Nichols is amongst Britain’s most successful playwrights. His many successes include The National Health (1969), Privates on Parade (1977), Born in the Gardens (1970) and Passion Play (1981).
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Rose Theatre, Kingston
...never shy to make you laugh out loud one minute and then hit you hard with a brutal realisation the next, and that is what makes this production such a powerful beast
The Reviews Hub
the play is propelled by the brilliance of the writing and the cast’s extraordinary performance.
The Independent
CAST

Jessica Bastick-Vines
Joe

Rebecca Johnson
Sheila

Ralf Little
Bri

Owen Oakeshott
Freddie

Sally Tatum
Pamela

Marjorie Yates
Grace
COMPANY
Peter Nichols
Writer
Stephen Unwin
Director
Simon Higlett
Designer
Paul Anderson
Lighting Designer
John Leonard
Sound Designer
Corin Buckeridge
Composer
Ginny Schiller CDG
Casting Director
Alice Hamilton
Assistant Director