Making Waves (2003)

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Stephen Clark
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre
The Round
Round

25 April 2003
30 April 2003
24 May 2003
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Daniel Slater
Francis O'Connor
James Farncombe
Ben Vickers
William Conacher
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Character
Mike, coxswain of the local lifeboat
Ruth, his wife
Sam, their eldest son
Luke, their younger son
Jo, their daughter
Helen, Luke's girlfriend
Corrie Jamie Cooper
Emily Thurlby
Andrew Wilcox

Actor
Geoff Leesley
Charlie Hardwick
James Weaver
Neil Grainger
Alison Mac
Niky Wardley

Why is this play significant?

An acclaimed work centred on the RNLI - the first time in 50 years the Stephen Joseph Theatre had staged a play which had connections to Scarborough's maritime heritage.

Notes

○ Making Waves is a play centred on an RNLI cox approaching retirement; the play was praised for its authenticity which included not only the writer Stephen Clark spending several months collecting stories from lifeboatmen and their families, but the director - Daniel Slater - actually worked with a rookie RNLI crew whilst a student.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.