Rachel’s Cousins

Directed by Ken Alexander

Cast: Richard Conlon, Julie Coombe, Isabelle Joss and Shonagh Price

Rachel is a professional, successful woman and, frankly, a bit of a snob.  She wants nothing to do with her mother’s side of the family whom she thinks of as a reckless bunch of benefit cheats.  But when she discovers she has the BRACCA2 gene, which means an increased risk of breast cancer, she feels duty bound to let her cousins know and advise them to get tested.  She didn’t mean to let them into her life but they come barging in anyway and shake up her tidy life.

Presented in association with Traverse Theatre.