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Nick Warburton's new drama takes us to Platters' boatyard and the river that runs by it.

Nick Warburton's comedy drama, set in a river boatyard, stars Monica Dolan and Oliver Chris. At its heart is the chaotic relationship between the owner, Pat and his sister, Libby.

Nick Warburton's new comedy drama takes us to Platters' boatyard and the river that runs by it. 
The Platter community is an eccentric one but at its heart is the chaotic pairing of Pat and his sister Libby.
Libby has been away from home for a long period but on her return she discovers that Pat has a new
Manager in place, the fiercely efficient Martine. For Libby there is unfinished business to resolve.

Libby ..... Monica Dolan
Pat ..... Oliver Chris
Martine ..... Kymberley Cochrane
Ravi ..... Waleed Akhtar
Pleat ..... Samuel James
Bob Hallet ..... Gerard McDermott

Directed by Tracey Neale

The Platter community is an eccentric one - wealthy boat owners, river dwellers, nature lovers
and itinerant workers - but at its heart is the chaotic pairing of Pat and his sister Libby.
Their father founded the business and, when he died, Pat reluctantly took over. Libby has been 
away from home for a long period but is now back to discover that Pat has taken on a Manager,
the fiercely efficient Martine. But Martine doesn't like boats or rivers. Pat didn't think to ask that 
question at the interview. For Libby there is unfinished business to resolve at Platters' but Pat is 
not keen to engage with these conversations. Then one day a strange young man called Ravi 
drifts along the river and moors his boat on the Platter riverfront and the questions of why he
is there begin to surface ...

Nick Warburton has many radio credits to his name including, On Mardle Fen, Tommies, Holding Back the Tide and The Archers. 

Monica Dolan won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult. Her other credits include W1A, The Witness for the Prosecution, A Very English Scandal, Talking Heads, The Dig and The Thief, HIs Wife and the Canoe. She also received a Laurence Oliver Award for Best Supporting Actress in All About Eve. She will shortly be appearing in a Channel 4 comedy drama series The Change.

Oliver Chris has many theatre, television and radio credits. He played Prince William in King Charles III in the West End and Broadway and in the TV adaptation. Other television credits include Green Wing, The Crown, Motherland and Maternal. 

Kymberley Cochrane is currently on the Radio Drama Company as a Norman Beaton Prize Winner.

Waleed Akhtar has just won the Achievement in Affiliate Theatre in this year's Oliver Awards for The P Word which he wrote and starred in. His television credits include, The Great for Channel 4 and Holby City. 

Samuel James is currently on the Radio Drama Company. His most recent television work includes Sexy Beast and It's A Sin. 

Gerard McDermott is currently on the Radio Drama Company. Recent theatre credits include the Sheffield Crucible tour of Much Ado About Nothing.

Production Team ..... Keith Graham, Alison Craig, Mike Etherden and Peter Ringrose
Production Co-Ordinators ..... Sara Benaim, Jonathan Powell and Ben Hollands

Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale

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