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Silent Night – one woman’s tour-de-force

It’s Christmas Day, and Irene McMunn is throwing a party. As she prepares, she regales us with stories from her past – the Tangiwai disaster[1] and the effects that had on her family, her courtship and marriage to the late Len, and her relationship with her daughter.

Silent Night is a poignant portrayal of a senior life lived solo, delicately unfolding a world where all is not as it seems. Written and acted by Yvette Parsons, the play is inspired partly by her childhood experiences in the rest home run by her parents.

Arts On Tour NZ is proud to tour Silent Night throughout the country, a play that has previously attracted critical acclaim – last year it was a hit at both the Nelson and Tauranga Arts Festival – and gasps of laughter and recognition from appreciative audiences wherever it has been performed.

[1] Parsons' uncle Trevor Clark, like Irene's brother Trevor, was one of the 153 lost in the Tangiwai Disaster on Christmas Eve 1953.

Book: Cromwell and Alexandra I-sites

Adult: $25.00 SuperGold: $20.00 Student/Child: $5.00 Booking fees may apply

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Location

Golden Gate Lodge