A PLAY about three "highly disfunctional" siblings returning home for their mother's funeral is Wythall Theatre Company's latest production at the Palace Theatre.

The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson is an award-winning comedy which charts how the sisters come to terms with the death of their mother.

To complicate matters, none of them get along with each other and each has their own perspective and interpretation of their childhood memories, which produces some "uproariously funny and sometimes unsettling scenarios".

The sisters, played by Liz Round, Sue Lister and Denise Bishop, are all very different and constantly bicker over their conflicting memories.

A spokesman said: "Teresa is the martyred caregiver who resents her sisters for abandoning her with a woman in the throes of Alzheimer's.

"Mary is the classic overachiever in a crisis who has reached the point where she's researching neural disorders during the funeral arrangements and the prodigal daughter Catherine is a drugged-out, self-absorbed shopaholic and motor-mouth who is in fact a lonely child, slightly lost and desperate for affection."

The play contains strong language and is recommended for those aged 16 and over.

It runs from Wednesday, May 19, to Saturday, May 22, at 7.30pm and tickets are available from the Information Centre or by calling 65203, priced £7 (concessions £6) and £5 with reddicard.

Alternatively, ticket requests can be emailed to palace.bookings@redditchbc.gov.uk