Driftwood review – quietly affecting tale of brotherly love and loss
Playhouse, SheffieldTim Foley’s beautifully lyrical script sees two brothers thrashing out their differing memories of a dying father in a drama full of truth, sadness and beautyTwo grieving brothers come together on a beach to thrash out their differing memories of a father who lies dying at home. Mark (James Westphal) is the older, estranged, gay brother who has made a successful life elsewhere while Tiny (Jerome Yates) has never left their faded home town in Hartlepool.We only ever see them coming together on the sands of Seaton Carew, to the cries of gulls and surge of water around them. Tiny feels an elemental connection to this sea and land, believing in its local mythologies, while Mark only sees its merciless qualities. Continue reading...
Playhouse, Sheffield
Tim Foley’s beautifully lyrical script sees two brothers thrashing out their differing memories of a dying father in a drama full of truth, sadness and beauty
Two grieving brothers come together on a beach to thrash out their differing memories of a father who lies dying at home. Mark (James Westphal) is the older, estranged, gay brother who has made a successful life elsewhere while Tiny (Jerome Yates) has never left their faded home town in Hartlepool.
We only ever see them coming together on the sands of Seaton Carew, to the cries of gulls and surge of water around them. Tiny feels an elemental connection to this sea and land, believing in its local mythologies, while Mark only sees its merciless qualities. Continue reading...
