Review Richly atmospheric... I was reminded at different times of The Wicker Man, Jaws and Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea. Grinter has a genuine talent --GuardianJust like the ocean, Orca summons the peaceful and the familiar before taking it apart, knowing that beneath a calm surface lie deep, unpredictable currents that can tear us asunder. --Everything TheatreMatt Grinter's fine new play gently - and finally devastatingly - explores the way in which a small community moulds and reshapes its inhabitants, with sometimes brutal force... There's a beautiful balance about this piece, which seduces us with myth and theatrical magic - but carefully and continually brings us back to our senses. --Time OutMatt Grinter won the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize for Orca, and it's not hard to see why. In this fine, subtle and important piece of theatre he creates an isolated world in which wholly credible people are placed in terrible dilemmas. --Broadway World About the Author Matt Grinter is a writer and director working in both theatre and film. He was the winner of the 2016 Papatango Prize for his debut play Orca (Southwark Playhouse, 2016). Short films include Small Talk, Jessie and The Party Photographer. He is the artistic director of Red Rope Theatre Company, which he formed in 2012 with actor-producer Rebecca Robson.
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