London Tide
Author(s):
Based on Charles Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend, adapted by Ben Power, songs by P J Harvey and Ben Power
Company:
National Theatre
It begins like this. With the dusk and the storm and the Thames…
A storm rages and, in the darkest part of the night, a body is pulled from the swirling Thames.
Across the city, two young women confront an uncertain future. In Limehouse, Lizzie Hexam struggles to break free of the river and its dark secrets. On the other side of town, Bella Wilfer mourns a lost marriage. The appearance of the mysterious John Rokesmith has the potential to change their lives for ever. Will they sink or swim?
Directed by Ian Rickson (Translations) and adapted by Ben Power (The Lehman Trilogy), with original songs throughout, Dickens meets the musical imagination of singer-songwriter P J Harvey.
