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"You know when a song gets stuck in your head? Round and round ... over and over. I''ve got that right now ... only it''s not a piece of music ... it''s not a tune ... it''s a phrase: home is where the heart is ... home is where the heart is."A coastline erodes, a house falls into the sea. A mysterious brother and sister arrive looking for answers. Marnie clings to her camera, taking photographs of strangers and places. She has come to say goodbye to a life she never knew whilst her brother Linus is keen to make a fresh start. But when they find Simon and daughter Kelly, reeling in the wake of tragedy, all four lives are to become inextricably linked under the weight of the past.>
About the author
Tom Morton-Smith is a British playwright and screenwriter.
His sell-out adaptation of Studio Ghibli's classic animation,
My Neighbour Totoro, opened at the Barbican in October 2022 and returned in November 2023. Presented by executive producer Joe Hisaishi, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Improbable and Nippon TV. With puppets built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The show broke box office records, becoming the fastest selling show in the Barbican's history, and opened to critical acclaim.
He is developing several feature films, including
The Valley of Hinnom co-written with director Juan Carlos Medina for Quad Films, and
Psychodrama for Drama Republic. He is also developing a television series for Drama Republic entitled
Rocksavage.
His 2015 play,
Oppenheimer, charts the life of J Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb. Written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oppenheimer opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End.
Ravens, a Cold War thriller set during the 1972 World Chess Championship, opened at the Hampstead Theatre in November 2019.
The Earthworks appeared at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in May and June 2017. It appeared as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Mischief Festival and was directed by the RSC's Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman. His debut play,
Salt Meets Wound, opened at Theatre503 in May 2007.
Everyday Maps for Everyday Use was staged at the Finborough Theatre as part of the PapaTango New Writing Festival 2012.
Summary
A funny and heartfelt new play about lives lived on shifting sands, In Doggerland is a searching examination of love, family and identity.
