Richard Bean's comedy about a married couple whose retirement is upended when their grown-up children arrive.
To Have & to Hold runs at Stoke Rep Theatre from Tuesday 2 February to Saturday 6 February 2027. It's a comedy by Richard Bean, the writer behind One Man, Two Guvnors, and it's produced by arrangement with Richard Bean Playwrights Ltd.
The story centres on Jack and Florence, a couple who've been married sixty years and are spending their retirement in a quiet Yorkshire village, where they've turned bickering into an art form. Things shift when their grown-up children arrive, each bringing their own concerns, secrets and expectations, and old tensions start to surface. The play is billed as a warm, witty and entertaining show full of razor-sharp dialogue and larger-than-life characters, and it's described as a hilarious and heartfelt celebration of resilience, romance and the messy business of getting old, with heart, soul and rhubarb.
James Freeman directs the production, and the cast features Jack Kirk as Ian Birkin, Florence 'Flo' Kirk played by Jane Procter, Rob as Simon Bland, Tina as Sarah Stockdale, Pamela as Chris Lockett and 'Rhubarb' Eddie as Derek Yeomans. It's a family-focused comedy, and the cast list gives you a good sense of the household that's about to be turned upside down.
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Tickets start from £13.50, and the run goes from Tuesday 2 February through to Saturday 6 February at Stoke Rep Theatre, Leek Road, Hanley, ST4 2TR.
