Driftwood (NHB Modern Plays)

Mark and Tiny go for walks along the beach at Seaton Carew, County Durham. Their dad is dying, and their town is crumbling. Family rifts and political divides try to pull them apart, and a figure made of driftwood stalks the shore at night. Tim Foley's Driftwood is an intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us. It was premiered in 2023 by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK, co-directed by Neil Bettles and Elle While.

Tim Foley is a British playwright based in Manchester. His work includes: Driftwood (Pentabus/Thickskin, 2023); Electric Rosary (winner of the 2017 Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award; premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2022); Astronauts of Hartlepool (2017 VAULT Festival, winner of the VAULT Origins Award for Outstanding New Work); and The Dogs of War (Old Red Lion Theatre, 2015). He won the 2016 OffWestEnd award for Most Promising New Playwright for his play The Dogs of War.