WRITTEN by the joint winner of the George Devine Most Promising Playwright Award 2016, Finding Nana is set in a seaside hotel of childhood summers.

This autobiographical play by award-winner Jane Upton journeys back to find a beloved Nana before she forgot who she was.

Following her hit plays Bones, Swimming and All the Little Lights, Finding Nana is about the universal, unconditional love between a granddaughter and her Nana and the desperate need to capture memories before they disappear.

Finding Nana was first seen at the Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, and now embarks on a tour of village halls and theatre studio spaces. Stacey Evans (Wolves are Coming for You, Pentabus) stars in this one-woman show.

Based on writer Jane Upton’s personal experience, Finding Nana is a one-woman show with Stacey Evans about the universal, unconditional love between a granddaughter and her Nana and the ugly truth of losing it all.

Jane Upton is an East Midlands based writer who won the George Devine Award in 2016 for All The Little Lights (Arcola and UK tour).

Her other plays include Watching the Living (UK tour), Swimming (Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Bones (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and UK tour).

She said: “This play has a piece of my heart in it. It’s a tale of love and loss and what it means to live, I think, and the crippling fear of forgetting.

“It’s a tribute to that specific and amazing relationship you can only really share with a beloved grandparent. I’m so happy and grateful to be sharing our story because I’m sure so many people will relate.”

New Perspectives Artistic Director Jack McNamara said, “Jane is one of the East Midlands region’s truly outstanding new voices and Finding Nana is such a tender and honest piece of work. The reaction from everyone who has read or experienced it has been overwhelming, so I am pretty certain audiences on tour will be in for something special.”

Finding Nana is at the York Theatre Royal Studio on Saturday, February 24, at 2pm and 7.45p. Tickets are £14 and available from the box office on 01904 623568 or go to yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Suitable for ages 14 and over.