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The Orange Tree is delighted to bring to our Lunchtime Plays a brand-new play by Bryony Lavery and Polly Shepherd, based on their shared personal experience of an unexpected medical emergency and the months that followed. When an aunt awakes one day in hospital, struck by a rare condition that has been decades in the making, her niece steps up to care for her, navigating life, work, and even the weather along the way. Meanwhile, an army of NHS staff continue their tireless work, and the aunt battles through the strains, bewilderment, and occasional amusement of recovery.

CW: This play is a response to the experience of illness and contains descriptions of hospitalisation and medical procedures.