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Joanna and Joseph have just relocated to a quiet town in Essex with their young children. When they host their first dinner party in their new home, an old story resurfaces – along with a word that never should have been said. What follows is a rupture. A single moment reverberates through years of trust, affection, and silence, shaking the very foundation of their relationship.

In the wreckage, we are pulled back – back to their first meeting, to a shared childhood shaped by army barracks and English hillsides.

Can a lifelong friendship survive the cracks in the country that raised it?

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Mercury Original: Swallow The Lake

Type:Play

Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PT
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Season (2 Oct 2025 - 11 Oct 2025)

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