The Tenderness of Boys

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Playfully surreal drama about the bond between mothers and sons by Oliver Emanuel.

A playful and surreal drama about the bond between a writer and his mother by award-winning playwright Oliver Emanuel.

By Oliver Emanuel 

It’s a Monday morning. A writer walks into a supermarket and sees his mother. It’s an entirely ordinary scene. Except his mother’s been dead for 15 years. 

A playfully surreal and moving drama about the bond between mothers and their sons. 

Cast:
Writer … Robert Jack 
His Mother … Shauna Macdonald
Boy … Daniel Smith 

Directed by Kirsty Williams

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