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They say that, when you start getting older. Anything you wanna be able to do, keep doing it often cos you'll never get it back. I thought they meant touching your toes or running 5K, I didn't think they meant getting on trams.
Ian has gone out less since he became a widower. In fact, he hasn't gone out at all, and his relationship with his daughter Lauren is suffering. But when charity volunteer Raz finds Ian in the garden wearing his late wife's dress, an unlikely friendship develops. Before long, Ian finds himself back in the local working men's club, preparing to give the performance of his life.
Going Out Out is an infectiously joyous story about music, love and the courage it takes to cope with grief. It opened at HOME, Manchester, in October 2025.
Ian has gone out less since he became a widower. In fact, he hasn't gone out at all, and his relationship with his daughter Lauren is suffering. But when charity volunteer Raz finds Ian in the garden wearing his late wife's dress, an unlikely friendship develops. Before long, Ian finds himself back in the local working men's club, preparing to give the performance of his life.
Going Out Out is an infectiously joyous story about music, love and the courage it takes to cope with grief. It opened at HOME, Manchester, in October 2025.
They say that, when you start getting older. Anything you wanna be able to do, keep doing it often cos you'll never get it back. I thought they meant touching your toes or running 5K, I didn't think they meant getting on trams.
Ian has gone out less since he became a widower. In fact, he hasn't...
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Barney Norris's plays include Visitors, Eventide, Nightfall, The Wellspring, We Started to Sing, The Band Back Together, and adaptations of Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and Second Best by David Foenkinos; his novels include Undercurrent and Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain. His work is internationally and critically acclaimed, and he is currently working on the book of the Sting musical The Last Ship.
Barney Norris's plays include Visitors, Eventide, Nightfall, The Wellspring, We Started to Sing, The Band Back Together, and adaptations of Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and Second Best by David Foenkinos; his novels include Undercurrent and Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain. His work is inte...
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