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Silver Lining

  • Sandi Toksvig
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9781350038240

Silver Lining is a hilarious comedy by Sandi Toksvig. It tells the tale of a group of extraordinary yet forgotten women, who come together one treacherous night to recreate The Great Escape - senior-citizen style.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Senior, Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Senior Theatre, Community Theatre
Silver Lining is a hilarious comedy by Sandi Toksvig. It tells the tale of a group of extraordinary yet forgotten women, who come together one treacherous night to recreate The Great Escape - senior-citizen style.

On one dark and stormy night in the upper day room of the Silver Retirement Home, five elderly women are trading stories of their remarkable (or sometimes unremarkable) lives. With the storm floods rising and no rescue team in sight, the ladies are faced with the sudden realisation that in order to survive they are going to have to do what they have done for their entire lives - do it themselves!

Premiere Production: Silver Lining received its world premiere at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in 2017.
  • Casting: 1M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors

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Silver Lining is a hilarious comedy by Sandi Toksvig. It tells the tale of a group of extraordinary yet forgotten women, who come together one treacherous night to recreate The Great Escape - senior-citizen style.

On one dark and stormy night in the upper day room of the Silver Retirement Home, five elderly women are trading stories of their remarkable (or sometimes unremarkable) lives. With the storm floods rising and no rescue team in sight, the ladies are faced with the sudden realisation that in order to survive they are going to have to do what they have done for their entire lives - do it themselves!

$24.95