Harper Regan

Harper Regan is a working mother, and wife, who takes time out from her job and family in Uxbridge to visit her dying father in Stockport. All very normal, except she is refused permission by her eccentrically wierd boss and doesn’t tell her family where she is going.

Harper’s northern odyssey catalyzes her, permanently altering her sense of those closest to her and herself. Her journey, played out in a number of scenes with both strangers and close family define much of her alteration, and lead her Mother to ask at one point “Are you having a bit of a mid-life crisis?”

Simon Stephens play opened at the National Theatre in 2008 and garnered praise for amongst other things, creating a star role that led to Lesley Sharp receiving reviews recommending she receive awards for her performance.