Driftwood

Long-established Midlands theatre company Pentabus here team up with Wigan-located theatrical ensemble ThickSkin to present a play by former Bruntwood Prize winner Tim Foley.

The story unfolds around the characters of Mark and Tiny, two estranged brothers who reunite on the shores of Seaton Carew in the North East of England to plan their dying father’s funeral. A difficult-enough meeting is made all the trickier by Tiny’s somewhat disturbing desire to gather driftwood to build a Viking funeral pyre for their dad...     

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