Time and Tide by James Mcdermott
"Norfolk's bootiful. Miles of coastline, endless sea, endless sky. So much space to dream big dreams. But... yeah: there's nowhere round here to make those dreams come true". May runs a crumbling caff on the end of Cromer Pier. Her delivery man Ken is losing customers to Costa. Her head waiter Nemo is desperate to leave Norfolk and tread the boards in London. Nemo's unrequited love Daz is burying his head in the sand over his best mate leaving. Time and Tide is an LGBTQ themed comedy drama about a Norfolk community struggling with change. The play was long-listed for The Bruntwood, Papatango and Verity Bargate Playwriting Prizes and was developed on Park Theatre's Script Accelerator Programme 2018 before having its world premiere at Park Theatre in February 2020.
James McDermott trained at The University Of East Anglia where he graduated with an MA (Distinction) in Scriptwriting. He has participated on The Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Theatre's Writers Lab, HighTide Young Writers Academy and he is currently one of four young writers on Hampstead Theatre's Inspire: The Next Playwright Program. James's plays include: Fast Food starring Jude Law (Lyric Hammersmith; Lyric Gala 2017); Ordinary Boys (Royal Court; Playlist); Street Life (Norwich Theatre Royal); Uniform (Oldham Coliseum) and Man Hug (Theatre Royal BSE; Winner of Anglian Voices Playwriting Competition 2017). James recently developed his new plays Time and Tide on Park Theatre's Script Accelerator Program and Fifty Years on The Criterion Theatre's New Writing Program. James is currently under commission to write new plays for HighTide, Eastern Angles and Norwich Arts Centre and he is developing TV projects with Hat Trick, Big Talk and Hare & Tortoise. James has been longlisted for The Bruntwood, Papatango and Verity Bargate Playwriting Prizes. When James isn't writing, he works as a Diversity Consultant at Norwich Arts Centre and teaches scriptwriting at Norwich Theatre Royal, New Wolsey Ipswich and Marina Theatre Lowestoft. James is represented by Independent Talent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780573031090 |
| ISBN 10 | 0573031096 |
| Title | Time and Tide |
| Author | James Mcdermott |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Samuel French Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 108 |
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