Playing With Fire
Set in the 1990s in a rural community engulfed by a forest fire, the play explores a marriage in disintegration.
Judy and Arnold can’t stop fighting, even though it’s affecting their teenage son Daniel badly. Daniel has learning difficulties and the tensions between his parents are tearing him apart. Set in the 1990s in a rural community engulfed by a forest fire, the play explores a marriage in disintegration.
Joanne Gutknecht’s powerful play from Canada was the winner of the English as a First Language Prize in the ±«Óãtv World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2016.
DANIEL……………… Rupert Simonian
JUDY………………... Jennifer Woodward
ARNOLD……………. Trevor White
GRANDMA…………. Liza Ross
GERALD...............Jesse DeCoste
Directed by Nandita Ghose
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- Sat 18 Feb 2017 20:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service except News Internet
- Sun 19 Feb 2017 12:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa