Paradise Lodge (alvah)

Doodlebugs Productions

A musical comedy set in a care=home, Paradise Lodge is based on writer Steve Coopers experience of caring for his mother-in-law in her final years as she lived with dementia. One in three people will develop some form of dementia and Paradise Lodge encourages people to think about the person behind the condition.

Eric and Kylie, a dysfunctional ukulele musical duo called The Doodlebugs, embark on their first gig together at the Paradise Lodge Care Home. Told in a series of touching flashbacks and songs from the war years, Paradise Lodge transports residents Vi, Ronnie and the audience back to a time when they had all their lives in front of them to when they thought they would live forever.

Trying to make sense of dementia and its impact on those affected, Paradise Lodge explores the nature of identity, reality and loss, with a bit of Beyonce thrown in for good measure. A hilarious, heart-wrenching production, it has had audiences laughing, crying and singing their hearts out.