Pond Life

A play by

“There is something of the unforced charm of GREGORY’S GIRL in Richard Cameron’s accurate observations of adolescent mating rituals for his latest play.” The Stage, 25th June 1992

Midsummer: Stainforth, a village in South Yorkshire. Trevor, unemployed, spends his days fishing, making floats in his shed, or helping his friend Pogo, who is mentally ill, by making cassette tapes for her. When Trevor’s step-brother Dave and his friend Shane see a giant carp almost caught in the local ponds, Trevor organises a Saturday night carp fishing expedition for them all. It turns out to be a summer night none of them will forget.

A film version was first shown at the Leeds International Film Festival in November 2018.

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