Paul Kalburgi’s fifth play for stage We’ll Always Have Paris is an inventive romantic comedy about a woman, whose fiancé has died from cancer, embarking on a new romance.  Played by just three actors, Miranda Colmans leads as Ginny, someone who was bullied at school and who has to learn how to live on her own without a significant other.  Eliza Williams plays Ginny’s sardonic mother Trish and every other woman in Ginny’s life.  Cyril Blake has a gargantuan role as all the men in Ginny’s life including her dead fiancé Jerry, her co-worker at IKEA and her online boyfriend Sébastien.  The play’s title comes from a wonderful time Ginny spent in Paris when Jerry proposed to her on a bridge over the Seine.  You can identify Jerry from his ET T-shirt.

There is some really interesting writing here – the amputation metaphor for grief is one which hits home.  There is amusement too as Ginny calls out a ridiculous friend holding a gender reveal party for her new puppy. Much of the initial scene is monologue from Ginny as she explains contact from a schoolfriend called Penny Ford (Eliza Williams) who is inviting Ginny to her second wedding.