Out of Water

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And we are watching the huge grey waves crashing and this is the moment when I say I have to tell you something. Claire and her wife Kit have moved from the confines of London to the wide open coasts of South Shields. To be nearer family, to be nearer the sea, to put down roots. To have a baby. Claires new job at the local school is a step up, and she wants to make a real difference, but she soon discovers that she has as much to learn from her students as they have from her. A tender new play about gender, wild swimming, and how we define who we are.

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This is a small play with a big heart, a romantic comedy thats genuinely funny but also unexpectedly powerful. * Evening Standard (on Jess and Joe Forever) *
The lightness of touch and splashes of humour quietly, charmingly, deftly coalesce into heartrending and heartwarming beauty. * The Stage (on Jess and Joe Forever) *
Very wise, very funny and feels utterly authentic. * Time Out (on Jess and Joe Forever) *

Author Bio

Zoe Cooper is a playwright and theatre practitioner. Her most recent play, Jess and Joe Forever, won her the Most Promising Playwright Award at the Off West End Awards 2017 and was longlisted for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award for its production at the Orange Tree Theatre. It then went on a UK Tour, and recently played at the Traverse during the Edinburgh Festival 2017.She is currently participating in The Big Room, which is a scheme for 5 established playwrights to create work for larger audiences. Zoe is also completing a PhD at Newcastle University, where she also lectures on drama. Zoe took the M Phil in Playwriting at the University of Birmingham and was on the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. She worked as literary assistant at Hampstead Theatre and her plays Nativities and Petrification were developed and produced at Live Theatre in 2012 and 2016 respectively.