Theatre Trip: Knocking on the Wall at the Finborough Theatre

MEETING before the show at The Pembroke Pub (261 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 9JA) from 5 pm. https://www.thepembrokesw5.co.uk/

If you can't make the pub meet us at the theatre entrance at 19:15 at the latest.

## "If only, some day, somebody knocked back to me.”

The first UK production in over 35 years
Three women on the edge of society; three chance encounters; three tales of isolation, reconciliation and hope from one of Scotland’s greatest playwrights.
Towards Evening. Siblings Leonard and Edie have been estranged for many years, but – in search of companionship in their advancing years – have now decided to move in together. When the two clashing personalities encounter each other late at night, their uneasy domestic arrangement is tested and deep secrets revealed from their past…
***Walkies Time for a Black Poodle. ***Ella has moved up in the world. From a working-class background, she and her husband Bob have made it and moved to a posh suburb out of town. She should be happy, but she’s not. Desperately lonely and out of place, Ella longs to return to her old life in the city. Her only company is her upright and genteel housekeeper, Maggie…
***Knocking on the Wall. ***Former teacher Dorothy has had a nervous breakdown, and moved in with her sister, Isobel. The plumber is due to visit, but Isobel has had to leave Dorothy alone. When young Alec, the plumber’s apprentice, turns up instead, he and Dorothy strike up a very unlikely connection…

Playwright Ena Lamont Stewart (1912–2006) is best known for Men Should Weep (1947), included in the National Theatre’s list of the One Hundred Greatest Plays of the 20th Century. After early successes at Glasgow’s Unity Theatre with Starched Aprons (1945) and Men Should Weep, both celebrated for their “revolutionary frankness and compassion” (The Scotsman), her later plays were rejected by the Scottish theatre establishment, and she was discouraged from writing for the theatre. Her work, however, has since undergone significant re-evaluation and Lamont Stewart is now regarded as one of Scotland’s most significant playwrights of the 20th century.

https://finboroughtheatre.co.uk/production/knocking-on-the-wall/#

Tickets are £23 each

The show starts at 19:30 but as latecomers will not be allowed please be at the entrance to the theatre at 19:15 at the very latest.

Before the show, we will meet up for a drink and/or a bite to eat. I will post more info here closer to the date.