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(6) “One minute we had customers, the next minute there was no-one.”
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Rhys Ifans and Rakie Ayola star in Ed Thomas play about memory, home and the places we leave behind. A co-production between National Theatre Wales and the Royal Court, Ifans and Ayola play John and Noni, the remaining inhabitants of a lost village who have lost a great deal themselves including their son. They are staying put in the local village store but as war planes cross the sky somebody is on his way towards them. Friend or foe. This poetic, Beckettian piece was praised on its premiere at the Sherman in Cardiff last month.
There have been several excellent productions set in 'left behind' towns recently, such as the Donmar's acclaimed Sweat. On Bear Ridge has a similar setting, a small town in Wales where "one minute we had customers, the next minute there was no-one". But whereas Sweat was a naturalistic take on the realities of today, this new play is a sort of strange, post-apocalyptic tragi-comedy. Starring the always excellent Rhys Ifans.
About On Bear Ridge
In a lost village, blurred by redrawn borders, hidden under a crumb on the map, Bear Ridge Stores still stands. After a hundred years, the family butchers and grocers – a place for odds and ends, contraband goods, and the last petrol pump for 30 miles – is now silent. But owners John Daniel and Noni are not leaving. They are defiantly drinking the remaining whiskey and remembering good times, when everyone was on the same side and the old language shone. Outside in the dark, a figure is making their way towards them. A semi-autobiographical story about the places we leave behind, the indelible marks they make on us, and the unreliable memories we hold onto. Age Recommendation: 14+