Cold Water

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When Im walking with her the whole time Im imagining Im with someone else. Who do you imagine You, sometimes. After university, Emma moves back with her parents in Hertfordshire and gets a job at her old school, assisting in the Drama department. Before long, shes spending every day in the studio with Matt, her boss. Matt decides to teach Emma everything he knows, and Emma feels her life starting to change. Philippa Lawford's Cold Water is a play about wanting things so much you cant do anything about them. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Park Theatre in May 2024.

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Philippa Lawford is a London-based playwright and director. She has been directing plays on the fringe for the last few years and she trained as a writer with the John Burgess Playwriting Course and an MSt in Writing for Performance from Cambridge University. Philippa has worked as an assistant director (Saviour, Jermyn Street Theatre) and reader (Finborough Theatre, ETPEP award) alongside her writing and directing work. Ikaria was her first full-length play, which originally premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in November 2022 before returning for a UK tour in September 2023.