Grief can feel like drowning. And in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play about a swimmer with the challenge to cross the Channel, it is voluminous.
Not a natural athlete, she’s doing it to satisfy the dreams of her much-loved dead sister. Steady and determined, she battles against the endless waves while remembering moments from their shared 90s youth, reciting poetry or making lists to pass the time. “I’m doing this for her,” she pants, going on to order her top 10 90s songs and the top 10 nights she’s had a good time but ended up sad. Though never appearing, the spirit of her sister is inescapable.
