Its getting dark but were strong and brave and Im walking
A single mum, two feuding pre-teens, and their gran. When Grandmother takes a fall, she is hastily moved to a care home she doesnt want to be in, surrounded by other elderly people longing for comfort and missing home. But as time passes she comes to see what really matters in life, and between loss and loneliness, we glimpse the unexpected joy in lifes everyday moments.
Following the hugely popular Inequalities trilogy, Alexander Zeldin (LOVE, The Confessions, The Other Place) writes and directs a life-affirming play about the elusive connection between loss and rebirth.
This edition was published to coincide with the Young Vic production in May 2026.
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A life affirming play about the elusive connection between loss and rebirth.
Alexander Zeldin is a writer, director and the founder of A Zeldin Company (AZC). Zeldin has made work in South Korea, the Middle East, Russia and at the Naples Festival, before developing projects as a teacher at East 15, and working as an assistant director to Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the National Theatre: LOVE, Faith, Hope and Charity and The Confessions. Other theatre includes: Beyond Caring (transferred to the Nationals Temporary Theatre) at The Yard, a German version directed by Zeldin was produced in 2022, and is currently in repertoire at the Schaubühne, Berlin; and Une Mort dans la Famille at Odéon-Theâtre de lEurope and on European tour.
