AfterWords

Synopsis

AfterWords charts the journey of Julie, a recent arrival in the afterlife, as she attempts to be reacquainted with her husband Derek who passed away many years before. The controlling dynamic throughout is that in the afterlife your physical appearance is determined by the age at which you were happiest in life. This simple conceit has significant effects on the relationships between husband and wife, father and daughter and past and present. Julie took her own life to be with Derek. This afterlife will keep them apart forever.

Our Review:

18 May 2012

AfterWords begins with Julie (Laura Lindsay) arriving at a waiting room to be processed into ‘heaven’ after she took her own life.  She has reached the afterlife and is eager to see her husband Derek who passed away many years before. But, even in death time doesn’t stand still, and Julie finds that heaven is not quite what she imagined.

The afterlife is often a tricky theme to tackle, largely because most concepts have been thought up before.  There is a lot here that is familiar, from the characters are all dressed in white to the heavenly waiting room.

However, writer Michael Hart saves the play from being too prosaic when he introduces the idea that when you go to the afterlife you become the age that you were happiest. This clever concept turns relationships between husband and wife, and father and daughter on their head. Julie’s discovery of what age her family chose to be is bittersw...

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