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Petrification

Petrification

Cooper, Zoe

Paperback

Series: Modern Plays

Plays

ISBN10: 1350014737
ISBN13: 9781350014732
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 16 2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

The night before the funeral was when he told us that he was getting the lot and I said, I said only then in retaliation, you know, and I am not proud of this, but how Dad had, how he had smashed his glass and cried, cried for Simon when he rang home to tell him how he had failed his exams, how it broke his dad's heart.

Simon and Sean's dad is dead. Returning home from London, Simon is shocked to find Sean in a relationship with a man called Aidan. Sean is irritated by Simon's new cosmopolitan ways. And Aidan? He just wants to be part of the family.

This is a play for anyone who ever left home and comes back to find everything changed. And for anyone who never went away in the first place.

Attempting to find common ground, they head out for a booze-fueled night in Gateshead. Before long they are arguing. What is it about the memory of a childhood trip to Whitby that sets them off? Darts, pints and fists fly across the room, as past and present collide with dizzying consequences.

Petrification received its world premiere at Live Theatre, Newcastle, on 23 May 2016, before a UK tour, presented by Telltale in association with LittleMighty.

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