Following sell-out success with last year’s Perfect Pitch, the theatre company is stopping off in Harrogate as part of a major national tour giving audiences the chance to see this rarely performed piece from the BAFTA winning playwright.

Written and directed by John Godber, ‘Our House’ peeks through the keyhole of May, a widow, mother and grandmother who after living in the same northern council house for 45 years, is packing up her belongings in preparation for heading off for a life in the sun.

She’s trading her neighbourhood nightmares for the Costa del Calm. . .but moving out is hard work - and moving on is even harder.

May is forced to look forward without her husband Ted, but as the van is loaded and the furniture and ornaments are boxed and sealed piece by piece, she remembers the hardship, laughter, sorrow and joy of the past 45 years one last time.

Largely autobiographical, Our House is based on Godber’s experience of moving his mother away from the degenerated working-class mining estate he grew up on.

Exploring the disintegration of community spirit this is an accurate, poignant and often hilarious portrayal of real life.

l Showing from Wednesday, May 28 to Saturday, May 31 nightly at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm, tickets costing £12-£16 with concessions available can be booked through Harrogate Theatre Box Office on 01423 502116.