19:45, Thu 10th – Sat 12th May 2007 at Robinson College Auditorium
Easter Week 2

'The Cello Player' is a new work by Irish playwright Patrick Corbett, Ocras’ writer in residence. Set in a care home for people with mental illnesses, the play delineates the interaction between a dementia sufferer - a former international concert performer - and a truculent and bitter elderly newcomer, Nellie, unwanted by her family. Dealing with cross-currents of memory and dementia, the play explores the fragility of the self and the stories we construct our lives out of, offsetting these issues with a vein of irony and black comedy.