By Joanne Gutknecht

Judy and Arnold can’t stop fighting, even though it’s affecting their teenage son Daniel badly. Daniel has learning difficulties and the tensions between his parents are tearing him apart. 

Set in the 1990s in a rural community engulfed by a forest fire, the play explores a marriage in disintegration.

DANIEL……………… Rupert Simonian
JUDY………………... Jennifer Woodward
ARNOLD……………. Trevor White
GRANDMA…………. Liza Ross
GERALD...............Jesse DeCoste

Joanne Gutknecht’s powerful play from Canada was the winner of the English as a First Language Prize in the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2016.

Directed by Nandita Ghose

BBC World Drama

First broadcast: 

Sat 18th Feb 2017, 20:06 

on BBC World Service Online

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