My Father’s Nose by Douglas Walker finds a man sitting on a park bench crying. Approached by a concerned passer. The couple strikes up a conversation and he pours out some of the stored-up grief he has been carrying inside. His father hasn’t long died and he is trying to process his emotions and what he can do with a nose!

He explains that his father had Dementia and that his memories were slowly being locked away until he was unable to tell his sons apart, even though one rarely visited, he still muddled the two up.

Reflection is a major part of grieving. The what was, what is and what could have been all merge into one. Questions left unanswered and never quite saying enough to the person while they are alive. Sometimes because the person you love is disappearing in front of you.

All relationships change over time, next generations join the family and life moves forward. One day all that is left are photographs and memories.

Carrying around his father’s nose, he wants to replace it. The only option is to exhume his Father’s body and put it back where it rightfully belongs. He doesn’t want to be carrying it around with him for 30 years like Sir Walter Raleigh’s wife had done, carrying his head around in a bag for all those years.

It’s a touching story dealing with grief and reality which at times will have the audience laughing and next minute thoughtful and reflective. Death as in life for those left behind is never an easy journey. Especially if you have unfinished business (returning a body part).

For more information on this play please click on the links below.

Three Stars

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/my-father-s-nose

https://edinburghfestival.datathistle.com/event/2092708-my-fathers-nose/