Photo Flash: In Rehearsals with the Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)

Althea Theatre (There's No Place Like) present the world premiere of One Last Thing (For Now), inspired by love letters from times of conflict in different cultures and languages. The production, written and developed over the last two years by Lilac Yosiphon with the ensemble, is a universal look at the language of love, the wounds of war and everything in between.

Check out photos from rehearsals below!

An officer in Russia cannot bear to tell a woman, far away in Wales, that her husband died. Instead, he writes her love letters pretending to be him. A woman in London awaits a letter that will never come while another skypes love messages to her boyfriend in Afghanistan. A soldier addresses his last letter to a former teacher who refused to join the army. And, at the heart of the play, is a story of a woman giving up her own limbs to make contact with her husband, a recent amputee, in the trenches a hundred years ago.

The play interweaves narratives from WWI in Northern England, WW2 in France and Germany, the civil war in Colombia and stories from contemporary Britain and Israel. The internationally diverse cast play British and non-British characters (regardless of their own nationality) and perform in their native tongue as well as other languages. This international collaboration aims to empower a compassionate and honest cultural exchange.

Photos courtesy of Old Red Lion Theatre

Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)
Cast of ONE LAST THING (FOR NOW)