Review: You Forgot the Mince
She has been living with her grandmother Lily (Julie Edwards) since her troubled mother died some years back. As Rosa looks forward to an exciting new future, she meets local lad Niko (Ashley Gerlach) and the pair fall head over heels in love.
However, it gradually transpires that their relationship is complex, encumbered by layers of hurt and vulnerability on both sides, which tests their love to its limits. Meanwhile Lily is trying to get over the loss of her daughter by baking cakes and not really talking about it.
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Hide AdThe play seeks to understand rather than judge and is all the more powerful for that. It goes beneath the surface to investigate how open-heartedness and honesty can go a long way to helping us avoid repeating mistakes, and how we all bear the scars of our past.