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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 2m
James McDermott
A grief cafe in Lowestoft, a town mourning the loss of its high street on a coastline that’s crumbling like Rich Tea biscuits.
After losing her hubby, ageing 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 (Jab, Time & Tide, Rubber Ring) 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 how grief comes in waves, and asks how we can help each other to stay afloat when it hits.
Eastern Angles Regional Tour Spring 2026
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 ...