Canary

<p><i>Canary </i>is multi-award winning playwright Jonathan Harvey's long-awaited return to the stage: a deeply moving funny unflinching and often magical story about love honesty and being brave enough to sing out at the top of your voice - with style. <br/><br/>In 1960s Liverpool two lovers hide their homosexuality in the closet then go their separate ways. While pits close and dole queues grow a couple of runaways find <i>Heaven</i> in 1980s London. And today the paparazzi chase a love story that could tear a family apart. Then a grieving mother gets lost up a mountain with a vicar for some dubious consolation. <br/><br/>With a unique richness of texture and range <i>Canary </i>combines pathos and humour with a wildly ambitious scope crossing decades through cyclical family histories. The diverse character list includes a primetime TV host Queen Isabella Eleanor Rigby an 'aversion therary' doctor Mary Whitehouse and striking miners. Skilfully pulling these wide-ranging threads together <i>Canary</i> provides a social overview of Britain during the last 50 years with a focus on the struggle against homophobia. Jonathan Harvey's trademark style of warmth poignancy humour and imagination is obvious in this epic Liverpudlian <i>Angels in America</i> for the 21st century. </p>