Sweet Sorrow

Sweet Sorrow

SNADS presents Sweet Sorrow

‘Grief is love that has nowhere to go’.

This is the theme of the bittersweet contemporary drama of love, loss and hope coming to The Exchange on June 21st and 22nd. We follow the paths of Gemma, her husband Jo, daughter Sky and son Josh as the play explores with humour and insight what happens to a happy, loving family, when cancer – in remission for four years – reemerges, and the household is tragically reduced from four members to three.

The impact of an untimely death on a young family is a challenging subject to dramatise. But can we afford to ignore it when unspent grief is a recognised cause of poor mental health? This production follows the Sue Ryder Foundation’s recent study that found “86% of bereaved people feel alone in their grief; while 81% of people reported that they didn’t know what to say or do when someone close to them was grieving. Pair the two together and it’s obvious we have a societal issue on our hands.”

The play, set in Sturminster Newton, is the most recent work by playwright Sue Ashby (Coronation Street, Families, BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre), directed by Nicole Forbes (Trained East 15, credits include Vera Drake (Mike Leigh), Vanity Fair (Focus Features), BBC Radio 4).

SNADS recently attended the NODA South West Awards Ceremony to collect the District Achievement Award for its production of Rabbit. Described as “a theatre company that does not shy away from challenging subjects”, Sweet Sorrow is yet another SNADS play that does just this.

Tickets available from:
https://stur-exchange.co.uk/programme/snads-present-sweet-sorrow/