Overview

Francois and Sophie love each other but break up just before their wedding. Francois' friend, Robert, happens to stay at Lea's b&b, where they have a one-night stand. Lea has a baby and comes to Montreal in search of her childhood friend, Sophie. Meanwhile, Francois has introduced Robert to Sophie without telling him that she is his ex...Just as things are getting really complicated, Lea arrives, Robert declares his love for her, and Francois and Sophie realise they were made for each other after all..."Strawberries in January" is a delicate, double love story like they don't make them anymore. It has the bittersweet atmosphere of a French film, and like a film the story is told in a series of intriguingly interconnected flashbacks. The effect is of mirrors within mirrors - totally beguiling. Premiered by the Traverse Theatre as one of their two headline shows for the 2006 Edinburgh Festival, "Strawberries" is translated from the French by accomplished Scottish playwright, Rona Munro, whose own play, "Iron", was a big hit at the 2002 Festival and transferred to London.