by Charlotte Jones

9 - 18 February 2006

This is a delightfully and at times sad play with an immense feel-good factor concerning Felix Humble and his family. Following the death of his father, Felix returns to his middle England home and his difficult and demanding mother, her ghastly boyfriend and eccentric friend. Never being any good at human relationships at the best of times he seeks solace in the garden where his father had found the keeping of bees a great source of comfort and peace. There he spends more time talking to the gardener James than to his family. However, he is made to face reality which has some surprises in store for him and helped by the bees is reconciled to the loss of his father. There are strong undertones of Hamlet in the plot. In fact 'To be or not to be' takes on quite a different meaning.