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The Last Show Before We Die
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8 January - 27 January 2024

The Last Show Before We Die

8 January - 27 January 2024

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Ell and Mary haven’t made a show in ages. They’ve been dead for three years. Now, they’ve resurrected themselves to probe life’s biggest question: how do you know when it’s the end?

The Last Show Before We Die is a hyper-sensory mash-up of found audio and interviews. A raucous genre-bending feast that attempts to answer life’s existential questions—profound and profane—from a 93-year-old, a former addict, a grief counsellor, a climate activist, a midwife, and more.


Inspired by zombies, heartbreak, and tenacious cockroaches, this is a darkly delightful exploration of endings. But there will be no happy endi—


—please do not text. This is the end. Please do not call. There will be no closure. Let us know when you want us to drop off that t-shirt you left at ours.


A macabre mediation from the glorious duo behind ★★★★★ HOTTER and FITTER, this will be the messiest breakup that you’ve never been through.

For reasons to do with the economy, unemployment, personal relations, the environment and general apathy, this will be the last show Ell and Mary do.
The Yard Theatre
★★★★★

“A sweaty, heady, gut-wrench of a show… vivid, viscerally alive.”

The Guardian

★★★★

“A joyous and sometimes sad show about endings, be these lives, relationships, household chores, or this evening.”

The Scotsman

★★★★★

“Something really special.”

Broadway World

★★★★

“Filled with moments of comic joy.”

Theatre Weekly

★★★★★

“Vulnerable, cathartic chaos… heartfelt and revealing.”

Edinburgh Guide

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The Yard Theatre
The Yard Theatre