Leslie Black PhotographyIn the bowels of McCaber's Funeral Parlour our hero, Jim McCaber, has a reputation for being the very best at presenting the deceased for family viewings. Read more …
But one day he has to prepare the body of someone which sets him off on an exploration of mortality and loss.
Absurd and poignant, Grave Undertaking is a bittersweet tale with jaunty songs - sung by one of Jim's most successfully embalmed corpses.
Ironically, for a piece seemingly focused on the dead, Cunneen has carved a moving and funny testimony to the fact that it is our ability to love that makes us human, win or lose, and makes life worth living.
It’s hardly an original thought, but it’s executed here with a musical grace and verbal poetry that’s hard to resist.
While indicative of Jim’s inability to move on, one of the songs is a bit repetitious however Grave Undertaking reminds us that death is not the only opportunity for letting go.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday October 28, 2013, until Saturday November 2, 2013. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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