After a health scare 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce in the sleepy Somerset village of Winsleigh Green with her sister Pauline who is now a widow. The sisters are like chalk and cheese - Barbara outspoken and aloof and Pauline good natured and homely - so it’s not long before the tension starts to rise. But when Pauline accidentally knocks down a vagrant who goes by the name of Bisto Mulligan the ladies find themselves with another houseguest. As he recovers it becomes apparent that Bisto is not who he first seemed and as the sisters get to know the kind and courageous man he really is it’s clear Bisto has the potential to change both of their lives.As the spring turns to summer and Winsleigh Green comes to life can the three friends make the changes they need to to embrace fresh starts new loves new lives and new horizons. Or do old habits die too hard?
Patience Tomlinson trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has since appeared in many roles in theatres across the country. She has made countless BBC radio broadcasts of plays, poetry... more
