Julia Mackey has written a most extraordinary play. It's theatre that takes you places-- to Juno Beach, specifically, at the time of the 60th anniversary of D-Day. It takes you to the remarkable meeting of two remarkable people-- one at the end of life and one at its beginning, one having suffered war and one having reaped the benefit of costly liberty. More importantly, however, it takes you to places in your heart that don't get much traffic-- the places where love and loss, regret and pride, and fear and hope live not just side by side but right on top of eachother, vividly and painfully melded. Julia puts the complex emotions that surround any contemplation of war on display in a play rich with both comedy and tragedy, a play tenderly written and beautifully performed. See it if you can. It is gift indeed.
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