The Father

‘The Father’ is a darkly humorous and deeply poignant portrait of an elderly man with dementia (Andre), gradually losing his memory, and the efforts of his daughter (Anne) to balance her love for her father and the need to care for him with the demands of her own life and relationship with her partner (Pierre). The play sees things as if through the confused eyes of Andre, as he struggles to make sense of a progressively befuddling world. The audience can never be sure whether Andre lives in his own flat or not, nor what his relationships are with those around him. It is very powerful!