Stage Adaptation Of International Bestseller

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally celebrated novel Before The Coffee Gets Cold gets its much anticipated stage adaptation by acclaimed playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir)! Capturing the quiet yet captivating magic that the original books have brought to readers around the world, this new work gets its UK premiere at the Lyric Theatre. The alluring pull of the past and the universal hankering for second chances form the themes of this delightful drama which has won acclaim around the world, with five-star reviews and film adaptations only adding to its popularity. Having originally been written by Kawaguchi as a play before being turned into the novel that has since won so much success, this full-circle moment is not one to miss.

What Is It About?

Step inside Tokyo’s unnasuming Funiculi Funicula, a seemingly ordinary cafe harbouring an extraordinary secret. There is a seat in the cafe which allows one to time travel into the past. But an extensive list of rules governs use of the seat, including the rule that you must not leave the chair, nor must you stay in the past so long that your coffee gets cold. If you could make a different choice, or simply live it once again, would you do so?