Episode 3: Nella at 86

Presented by Canadian Stage

In Nella at 86, a senior citizen living in a long-term care facility slowly learns of a more-than-run-of-the-mill virus making itself felt across the planet. As a person in her late 80s, Nella is no stranger to loss, and, in fact, is well equipped to reckon with it.  

As this new global pandemic begins to take its toll, though, she begins to grow lighter – realizing she can not only deal with what is coming, but can embrace it. Her diary, with its clear-sighted octogenarian perspective, slowly reveals itself as a beautiful assertion of life.