Traverse Theatre
9 March 2027 – 20 March 2027
Everybody needs to get away from something sooner or later. Freddy is fifteen and newly orphaned. When Chris offers him a job and a train ticket from Glasgow to Dundee, Freddy knows the score. He’s convinced he can handle himself. And at the end of the line is Broughty Ferry. The place his mum always talked about. The sea. The beach. Somewhere life might have been different. But Freddy is not the only one trying to keep his head above water. Darren is a recovering heroin user caring for his dad Rab, whose dementia is getting worse, while his aunt June is doing what she can to look out for them. When Freddy arrives, their lives are pulled together and the world around them starts to close in. The Ferry is a gripping new play about family, grief, exploitation, and the hidden county lines networks that destroy communities. Written by acclaimed Scottish playwright Linda McLean and directed by Tron Theatre Artistic Director Jemima Levick, The Ferry explores what happens when opportunity comes with a price, and when the line between being looked after and being controlled becomes dangerously blurred.
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