Close ups of two women. One, older, looks at the camera. One, younger, wears swimming goggles.

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Two sisters. One dream. The hardest open-water swim in the world.

This triumphant play from Olivier award-winning Morgan Lloyd Malcolm moves forward(s) and backward(s) in time across the 21 miles between Dover and Calais as a young swimmer harnesses her mind and body to make the crossing.

With grief and joy, 90’s pop-songs and lists, oil tankers and jelly babies, love persists whatever the distance, and however perilous the journey to the other side.

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When the Long Trick’s Over

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Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PT
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