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Tusk Tusk

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m, 1girl(s), 2boy(s)

Tusk Tusk
by Polly Stenham

Three children, Eliot, Maggie and Finn are alone in a new flat, surrounded by boxes. Their mother has gone missing, not for the first time.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m, 1girl(s), 2boy(s)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Fifteen-year-old Eliot teases and torments his sister Maggie, leaving the flat to get Chin'se food and to flirt with girls. Little Finn dreams of boats made out of golden syrup cans and spills paint everywhere trying to paint the walls his mother's favourite colour. Hiding from the world, needing to be found, they wait for a mobile phone to ring.
Eliot: 15.
Maggie: 14.
Finn: 7.
Cassie.
Katie: 40s.
Roland: 40s.
Man: from upstairs.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living-room
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Intense Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Polly Stenham

Polly Stenham is a playwright, screenwriter and director. Her plays include That Face at the Royal Court, for which she was awarded the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2007 and the 2008 Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. The play transfe ...
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