Details

'Sometimes it feels so exposing just walking in the village. I told Jimmy to ignore it at first, he tried to, but it's isolating he said, eyes on you, not a word spoken. Even when you meet their eyes they don't look away. Like they have a right to, like you're a spectacle, an object.' Olivia has recently moved into her great uncle's farmhouse. She's not local, but she knows her way around. Matty is a gamekeeper, but he doesn't often tell anyone. He's wary of newcomers. These unlikely strangers find themselves beside a stream on the longest night of the year. Theatre by the Lake and Pentabus present a brilliant new drama from award-winning playwright Lorna French which explores loss, love, prejudice, race and belonging.

Cast/Performers

Mara Allen (Olivia), Stuart Laing (Matty)

Creatives/Company

Author: Lorna French
Presented by(s): Theatre by the Lake, Pentabus
Director(s): Elle While, Marie Fortuen (puppets), Jo Lakin (puppets), Garen Abel Unokan (assistant)
Design: Charlie Cridlan
Lighting: Tim Mascall
Sound: Harry Linden Johnson
Other: Benjamin Leonides-Morgan