Life Raft

Details

"We're not savages. We won't let the strong take from the weak. Tomorrow morning, we will meet again, and we will all make our case." In a mysterious dystopia, against a backdrop of war, a lifeboat filled with children is adrift at sea - their passenger liner sunk by an unknown and unseen enemy. As darkness falls and their rations dwindle, fear, superstition and madness start to take hold. As hours turn into days, it becomes clear that not all of them will make it out of there alive. Inspired by a terrifying true story, this updating of a Second World War morality tale rediscovers a parable for our troubled times. World Premiere

Cast/Performers

Oscar Adams, Kai Ball, Tilly Bennett, Jacob Bishop-Ponte, Beth Carriage, Courtnei-Violet Danks, Fionn Gill, Llewy Godfrey, Callum Harrison-Deans, Amy Kemp, Charlie Leaver, Issaca Pomerance-Trifts, Zara Ramm, Alyssa Thomas, Toby Yapp

Creatives/Company

Author: Fin Kennedy (a free adaptation of George Kaiser's The Raft of the Medusa)
Producer(s): Bristol Old Vic, Lucy Hunt
Director(s): Melly Still, Miriam Battye (assistant), James Kent (assistant)
Design: Max Johns
Lighting: Tim Streader
Sound: Dave Price
Music: Dave Price
Costume: Pam Tait
Stage Manager(s): Sally C Roy, Jen Warner (assistant stage manager)