The Turning Tide

Tickets 15/13
Black & White Productions
The Turning Tide - the story of George Crabbe, Peter Grimes & Benjamin Britten
written by Suzanne HawkesGeorge Crabbe - Aldeburgh poet - published his major work The Borough in 1810 - reflecting on his experiences growing up on the Suffolk coast with a violent father and limited prospects - an upbringing that impacted his subsequent relationships and career.
Benjamin Britten - Aldeburgh composer - discovers the poem in a bookshop while in exile in the US and writes one of his best loved works, Peter Grimes, in 1943 when he returns to England. The main protagonist is a fisherman with a questionable past ostracised by the village - a character Britten felt he could relate to.
John Flood - Suffolk prisoner - grapples with isolation and bullying from fellow inmates in the present day - for a crime he may or may not have committed.
Reverend Carol - Prison chaplain - is himself a victim of wrongdoing in the past. Can he help Flood find his way back through his empathy with Crabbe, Britten & Grimes before he is lost forever to his demons?
With live music from The Three Codettes, and original footage by Hawkes Films taken on Aldeburgh beach