All The Way Home

Synopsis

Bonfire Night. Present day Salford. A disparate group of warring siblings gather at the family home under the shadow of impending loss. Amidst the cut and thrust of spiky Salford banter, long harboured resentments rise to the surface, and loyalties are tested as family bonds unite and divide, unravel and unwind. This deeply emotional comedy drama explores the relationships we have with our roots, and with those that we love but don’t always understand.

Our Review:

2 October 2011

It’s appropriate that the Library Theatre Company should present Ayub Khan-Din’s All the Way Home at the Lowry in Salford. For, not only was the writer of East is East, West is West and award-nominated Rafta Rafta, born in that city but his new play is set there.   

It’s about the members of a family who meet to await the impending loss of their brother Frankie who is dying of cancer. As the relatives revive past conflicts, the old adage that you can choose your friends but not your family proves true.The inevitable squabbles only underline the love.

 Each of the eight characters is different yet link together like notes in a scale. However, fine tuning the dialogue, without removing the hilarious one liners, would make Khan-Din’s piece both compact and even more com...

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Latest User Review

Paul Vines - 6 October 2011:

I have to agree with the other reviewers that the WOS review doesn't do this excellent production of a very entertaining play justice. The writing is excellent for the most part, though it would benefit from greater subtlety in a few places, and the cast are superb with some wonderful performances. Definitely worth a look....

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