BISCUITS are a familiar feature of most European culinary traditions and they have a special place in the heart of Croatian actress Tina Hofman, who brings her one-woman show, Pepper and Honey, to Sixpenny Handley village hall on Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm and Litton Cheney Community Hall on Sunday 30th November at 2.30pm.

Tea and biscuits anyone?

Ana has been on a journey. Born in Croatia, she has arrived in the UK, determined to make it home, But as she focuses on life in this new land, she is haunted by the voice of her grandmother – calling for her to stay true to her national identity and yearning for Ana to come home.

As Grandma bakes her traditional Croatian pepper biscuits (believed to bring a loved one back home), will this be enough to be reunited with her granddaughter? But what is “home” to Ana now?

Pepper and Honey is a poignant, subtle and timely play about the journey, familiar in these troubled times to so many migrants and refugees, of change, cultural differences and the conflict between upholding the traditions of the “old country” and embracing those of the new.

And, with perfect timing, Croatian pepper biscuits are baked during the show and with the help of the audience.