G R I E F C A S E

G R I E F C A S E centres on G, who returns to their late mother’s house to pack it up for the final time. What begins as a necessary task quickly becomes an emotional excavation. Each object—an old mug, a birthday card, a worn-out coat—sparks memories that are vivid, distorted, or half-forgotten. These fragments pull G through moments of childhood, closeness, conflict, and the quieter realities of growing up working-class in a space shaped by limited means and endless resilience.

As G sifts through old belongings they find themselves caught between past and present, reliving moments while boxing them away. The house becomes a liminal space: no longer theirs, yet still full of traces of who they were and who their mother once hoped they’d become. The piece explores how memories mutate, how belongings hold emotional weight, and how grief complicates the act of letting go.

Now expanded into an ensemble work, griefcase uses physical theatre, layered movement, and fragments of text to embody memories, emotions, and the house itself. The performers shift between becoming objects, echoes, and the shifting internal landscape G navigates.

 

Running time:​ Approximately 75 minutes

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LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.

UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. 

No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. 
Refunds and exchanges are not available.