Barrow Hill

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"It took your Great-Great-Grandfather and the rest a this town years to build this chapel. A hundred years of people's lives caught between its stones. And now these invisible men are trying to erase it till there's nowt left of any a' us." Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 2012. Kath is 86 years young and still going, but as her friends keep dying around her, her only tie to the world is her beloved chapel. When Kath discovers that the chapel is to be converted into luxury flats for young professionals and that her own son, Graham, has won the contract for the rebuilding work, she is forced into a bitter battle between the past and the future. In the Big Society thats just waiting for her to die, Kath is confronted with the fragility of family loyalties and the pain of learning to let go...

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There's a subtle grace to much of the writing - [a] delicately moving tale.' - The Public Reviews

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Jane Wainwright was a member of the Royal Court Theatres Young Writers Programme, their Invitation Group for Playwrights and their 'Supergroup' of twelve specially selected writers. Plays include Photos of You Sleeping, In World, Hands Free, and Pet's Corner.