To entertain a captive audience alone is no mean feat but Yvette Parsons does it brilliantly.
Playing widowed pensioner Irene McMunn in the play Silent Night, she uses humour to reflect the challenges and realities of life alone in your senior years.
While hilariouslyfunny, the story is tinged with moments of poignant sadness as Irene re-lives the loss of her brother Trevor and dear husband Lennie.
Doing a brilliant job of taking the audience back to the best and hardest moments in her life, Parsons brings real depth to her work and for every sad story a laugh is just around the corner.
The talented actress, who also wrote the play and designed the set, offers the audience a powerful insight into what life was like for young couples living with the emotional aftermath of World War II.
