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I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

By Joel Horwood

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England.

Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live in Walberswick, a sleepy Suffolk village known for hosting the British Open Crabbing Championship.

Set on a sweltering summer's day on the eve of their last GCSE exam, they are ambushed by Dani, the fittest (and poshest) girl on the beach. So begins a crazy twenty-four hours that will change the lives of the three sixteen-year-olds for ever.

'Sharp as a pin… impressive in its ability to get inside the heads of the teenagers' Independent

'Catches that coming-of-age moment perfectly' Telegraph

First Staged: Eastern Angles & HighTide at the HighTide Festival, Halesworth, 2008
Cast: 2f 3m

£ 8.999781848420380 - PB