In 1949, a child is born in London to bereaved and traumatised Jewish refugees. In 2024, she peevishly prepares to celebrate her 75th birthday in a respite home with the help of her long-suffering daughter, Helen, and supremely patient care worker, Atef. 

As the day unfolds, the two women’s troubled but deeply loving relationship reveals how the pernicious effects of the holocaust have reverberated, on a very personal level, through three generations. 

Meanwhile, Atef is experiencing present-day trauma. His beloved relatives are trapped in Gaza and he’s desperate to help them escape. History, it seems, has a nasty habit of refusing to stay in the past. 

Buckinghamshire Shakespeare Festival

On a magical island, magician Prospero brings together those who wronged him long ago...

This special Sixty-Minute Shakespeare  is designed to introduce the story to families and people wanting to discover Shakespeare.

Directed by Erika Sanderson.