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Directed byToby Frowset Design byRobert Innes HopkinsCostume Design byJoan O’Clerylighting Design byPaul Keogansound Design byPaul ArdittiCast includesCathy BeltonPeter Hanly“What if we weren't scared of our lives?Imagine who we could be then.”Two days, two summers, thirty years apart.In August 1977, the week before their Leaving results, Paul,Tom, Larry and Kevin plan a stage spectacular at the localdisco to advertise their group’s first gig. But the beautifulCaroline Brady is a distraction, and so are the menacingGlasthule Lads.In August 2007, as Tom and Larry await Paul’s return fromAmerica, a French bank called BNP Paribas is showing signsof distress. But the fundamentals are sound in Dublin, as theold friends drink to the absent Kevin. Meanwhile Caroline,Tom's wife, has her own reasons to welcome Paul’s visit.“I think we loved each other. I think we were just kids. I think itwas a long long time ago.”With a soundtrack of ‘70s rock classics, the Last Summeris a bittersweet comedy of love and loss by award-winningnovelist and playwright Declan Hughes, whose return towriting for the stage demonstrates his unrivalled ability tocapture the contemporary Irish moment, the way we live now.the lastsummera new Play byDeclan Hughes29