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The Lismore Theatre Company is pleased to announce the next show in their 2024 season – The Heavenly Prize.
Observing this contemporary attitude, playwright Bette Guy was determined to write a play that captured the essence of what it feels like to still feel young on the inside yet look old on the outside. So, The Heavenly Prize came into being.
The storyline is simple. Two seventy-five-year-old women, Anne and Barbara, meet up to reminisce about what life was like in the swinging sixties of their youth, compared to their current situation in an Aged Care complex.
They do this with bombastic humour, touching on the protests they marched in, their family life, their years as teachers and the vibrant sex lives they enjoyed.
Wanting to stave off the dreaded Dementia, Barbara enjoys playing games on her mobile while Anne enters as many competitions as she can.
When Anne comes across one that appears somewhat weird Barbara thinks it might be a scam, but they enter anyway. Will they win or not?
Throughout the play Anne and Barbara as young girls come alive on stage to illustrate what growing up decades ago was like.