The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play

When he meets an old friend, he is reminded of a name he has not heard for many years - Lettie Hempstock

And is transported to his 12th birthday, when Lettie claimed that this wasn't a pond at all, but an ocean...

Plunged into 1983, our young protagonist struggles with the ripples of a disturbing event that makes him question his deepest assumptions about his fractured family

Striving to come to terms with his newly unknowable world, together with his new friend Lettie he must reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything and in turn learn to trust others to find his own feet

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a thrilling feat of storytelling in which fantasy, sci-fi, myth and imagination combine in an adventure that unfolds right here, in our world

REVIEWS

'Theatre at its gob-smacking best' ~ Daily Telegraph

'The bottom line is that shows like this don't come along very often' ~ Time Out