Last Easter

by Bryony Lavery

June has a terrible secret. Gash has an outrageous plan. Leah is open to possibilities. And Joy is drinking to forget.

When June's best friends unravel her mystery, they whisk her from London to Lourdes where she is thoroughly dunked in the reputedly healing waters. The four friends' lunatic pilgrimage is filled with laughing, singing, a drag act and more than a few bottles of good red wine. Last Easter is a funny, moving and provocative play about the true nature of friendship.

Last Easter opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2007.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Bryony Lavery is a British dramatist, known for her successful and award-winning 1998 play Frozen. In addition to her work in theatre, she has also written for television and radio.

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

this really wrecked me

[Yvonne Gaebrielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was drained after this play (in a good way)

It took a turn that I did not see coming. Definitely a must-read!

[William Alberque · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good. Not terrific, but good. A rip-roaring tale of a bunch of lady friends and a tranny supporting their soon-to-be-dead-of-cancer friend by taking her to Lourdes. Some touching moments, some laugh-out-loud moments, but nothing to break one's stride to pick up off a park bench.