The Coastguard
The storm has passed, and the sun has come out. [Birdsong].
by
Marie Macneill
It’s Peter’s birthday and the first day of his enforced retirement. There’s a present for him, wrapped in blue tissue paper on the table. But his wife, Mary, won’t come out of the back room. His daughter, Lia loves him dearly and wants to come and celebrate but Storm Lear is brewing. Her husband, Cal is pushing plans for Peter to sell his clifftop house. Peter is standing his ground.
Literally.
After all, he is THE COASTGUARD and some things need to be protected to the death.
“The Coastguard is a poignant and beautifully observed piece of drama.John Macneill skilfully commands the stage and draws us into his isolated and precarious life, as pressures from his family and the world beyond bear down on him.
A story of our times”
Fin Irwin, Managing Director, IntoBodmin
"Marie Macneill’s, largely verse, play, is exquisite: full of elegiac visuals and quirky comedy; rhythmic and heartfelt. As the wind blows and the sea blasts the coastline, so the verse ebbs and flows, taking the audience with it. I doubt I will hear more lucid and beautiful writing for the stage this year.
As Peter, John Macneill creates a wonderfully engaging character.
... creates a rush of emotion which created the loudest silence in an audience I have heard in a long time. A well-balanced, insightful and endearing performance of great skill"
Cormac Richards, 28th February 2020
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(Subsequent tours cancelled due to UK Government restrictions)
RUNNING TIME – 1 Hour 10 minutes
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REVIEW – CORMAC RICHARDS – 28 FEBRUARY 2020
"Out there, tucked away, is some excellent, honest theatre. It is a relief, a surprise and a joy.
"The Coastguard by Marie Macneill and presented by Mundic Nation is a vivid, beautifully written and compellingly performed one-man play about coping with loss and life and is a theatrical treat...
The Coastguard is a rich, superbly crafted piece of theatre with a tour-de-force performance; it will live long in the memory."
CREDITS
PETER – JOHN MACNEILL
VOICES – EMMA LLOYD-COWELL & KEITH SPARROW
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY MARIE MACNEILL
LIGHTING DESIGN – PAUL JOINES
SET DESIGN – RYAN HOLLYWOOD
SOUND DESIGN – HANNAH MACNEILL
