The Grandad Orphanage (2008)

The Grandad Orphanage

Grandad is on his death bed and is passing slowly. His family sit by him. A small boy remembers how the Vikings used to send their loved ones off in burning ships with all their possessions... but they don’t have a longboat. They panic, parcel him up in a hurried bundle and post him to the afterlife. He arrives and finds himself in a strange reverse, living his life backwards and growing young. In a surreal montage of scenes and snapshots he races towards his innocence and origins.
 

The Grandad Orphanage was premiered at The Carriageworks Leeds and toured to The Grove Theatre and Notre Dame Studio Theatre. It was generously Comissioned by Leeds City Council through their LS Cash Panel and LCCT.