In an old wooden house by the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, Louis battles with his elderly father, Don, whose decline into dementia is gradually robbing him of the ability to speak. Louis’ professional success as a university teacher of Classics belies an emotional inarticulacy which matches his father’s inability to express himself in words. Read more …
And then into their lives comes Flora, the carer that Louis employs to look after Don. Flora is of Scottish heritage and a good listener, and she understands that the ‘nonsense’ which Don speaks is fragmented Gaelic, opening up an ocean of revelations and buried family history spanning the Atlantic.
Moving...elegiac.
A thought-provoking piece of theatre, In My Father’s Words leaves one considering the power of language, the barriers it may create yet also the rewards it can provide.
Rich and thoughtful.
Handsome, beautifully weighted.
Philip Howard's strongly acted production bridges the gulf between the domestic and the mythological as it shows two men standing on "two sides of the same rain".
Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Thursday June 19, 2014, until Saturday June 28, 2014. More info: www.tron.co.uk
Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee from Tuesday July 1, 2014, until Saturday July 12, 2014. More info: www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk
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