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Play About Calais, The

  • Steve Waters
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 3M, 6F
  • ISBN: NHB-12058

A short play from the acclaimed author of Limehouse and Temple.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Young Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A short play from the acclaimed author of Limehouse and Temple.

The Play About Calais, based on Steve Waters' own visit to the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais and the people he met along the way, is an attempt to make sense of one of the most complex and divisive issues of our times.

It was first staged at Hotbed Festival in 2016, then at Norwich Arts Centre in 2017.

Premiere Production: Hotbed Festival, 2016; Norwich Arts Centre, 2017.
  • Casting: 3M, 6F