Something to look forward to - a new play by John Godber.
And in "Our House" we see some delicious slices of life in a Yorkshire council house with some superbly crafted northern characters in an environment where the "aitch" doesn't exist.
The story is of May, a "little life" housewife with a tart tongue, is well told through a series of flashbacks as the 71-year-old widow prepares for a new life in Spain.
The house has seen a lot of family life over 30 years - and there's fun when, admiring the new baby, the neighbour puffs a pea souper fog of cigarette smoke all over the pram. Ah, the old days…
The play is, in some ways, a theatrical version of that old London-set film "This Happy Breed."
But northern grit prevails - May and her husband wallowing in degrees of self pity and a lot of ill health.
The pace of "Our House" improved after the interval - but at times, it seemed like a rehearsal rather than a full stage production with a live audience.
That said, there is both humour and pathos in Godber's latest offering. The programme cover shows a chubby woman laughing her head off. In fact the actual play is miles away from this image.
In the end, "Our House" is a serious look at life and all it throws at us.