I Caught Crabs in Walberswick by Joel Horwood

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick by Joel Horwood

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England. Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live in Walberswick, a sleepy Suffolk village known for hosting the British Open Crabbing Championship. Set on a sweltering summer's day on the eve of their last GCSE exam, they are ambushed by Dani, the fittest (and poshest) girl on the beach. So begins a crazy twenty-four hours that will change the lives of the three sixteen-year-olds for ever. Joel Horwood's play I Caught Crabs in Walberswick was first performed at the 2008 HighTide Festival in Suffolk in a co-production with Eastern Angles. The production transferred to the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, as part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and then toured the UK before a sell-out run at The Bush Theatre, London, in November 2008.

'Sharp as a pin… impressive in its ability to get inside the heads of the teenagers'

* Independent *

'Catches that coming-of-age moment perfectly'

* Telegraph *

Joel Horwood is an award-winning British playwright who burst onto the scene with his first play Mikey the Pikey, which won the Cameron Mackintosh award. He is the author of I Caught Crabs in Walberswick, which premiered at the High Tide Festival before embarking on a nationwide tour and a sell-out run at The Bush Theatre. He is currently under commission with Theatre Royal & Derngate, and is writing for Channel 4.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848420380
ISBN 10	1848420382
Title	I Caught Crabs in Walberswick
Author	Joel Horwood
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2008-11-13
Number of pages	64
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