A WITTY, tender, and occasionally surreal exploration of one family’s experience of the NHS.

A month after stating ‘we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that has got in the way of patient care’, the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in it’s 65-year history.

Stella Feehily’s play explores one family’s journey through the digestive system of the NHS, and asks: what is the prognosis for this much-loved institution?

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This May Hurt a Bit

by Stella Feehily

Directed by Jane Miles

Performances 6th to 9th March 2024