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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 2m
James McDermott
Drawing on his own experiences of bereavement, James McDermott’s It Comes In Waves is a big-hearted, community-spirited coastal comedy-drama that laughs in the face of loss, explores the contours of grief and asks how we can help each other to stay afloat.
A grief café in Lowestoft, on a coastline that’s crumbling like Rich Tea biscuits. After losing her hubby, aging Crystal wants to live, laugh, love, but maybe she just needs to chill out. After losing Dad, teenage Jordan just wants to like get grieving over and done with and that… but grief is messy and comes in waves, right? Group leader Howard just wants to help everyone else… but can he finally help himself and confront his own repressed grief?
Written by James McDermott and drawing on his own experiences of bereavement after losing his father during the pandemic, It Comes In Waves is a big-hearted, community-spirited coastal comedy-drama that laughs in the face of loss, explores the contours of grief and asks how we can help each other to stay afloat.
It Comes in Waves premiered at the Eastern Angles Theatre in Ipswich on 19 June 2016.
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A grief café in Lowestoft. Now.
“There’s a fantastic balance of comedy, heartbreak and tender, deeply personal moments throughout.” – Theatre and Tonic
“Like grief itself, it should be applauded for having no easy answers.” – British Theatre Guide
It Comes In Waves – James McDermott Meet the Playwright
James McDermott trained at the University of East Anglia with an MA (Distinction) in Scriptwriting, the Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab, Hampstead Theatre’s Inspire: The Next Playwright Programme, Criterion Theatre’s New Writing Programme and Menagerie T ...
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