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A modern reimagining of the Greek myth, After Electra centres on Virgie, an eccentric, ageing artist, and her family’s reaction to her plans for her 84th birthday, which include her own intended suicide. An artist first and a mother second, Virgie has not reckoned on her loved ones moving to thwart her. Will they consent to her final wish, or will the secrets of their shared past stand in the way of her happiness?

From the acclaimed writer of Jumpy, this is a funny and brutally honest discussion of life, ageing and death, picking intently at the right to die and what we owe the people we love. De Angelis places the inner life of an older woman centre-stage, something The Stage called a stirring thing to see, and surrounds her with sharp, blackly comic family warfare.

A moving, darkly funny exploration of ageing, family, rage and art.

Age suitability - 13+