Ties That Bind - Dartmoor
Ian Winterton / Documental Theatre (UK 2022)
23 min
In care since the death of her mother, timid 17-year old Shiona sets out to fulfil her childhood dream: to see Dartmoor’s wild ponies. But, having gone to the wrong part of the moor, Shiona instead meets grumpy octogenarian Malcolm, a Royal Marine who has decided to see out the last of his days on his own terms – camping out in a bivouac.
Thrown together by chance and inclement weather, Shiona and Malcolm grudgingly form a friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
Ties That Bind, is a collection of new audio plays interrogating our relationship to Devon.
Written from the perspective of three different writers, each of the plays in the Ties That Bind series use the Devon landscape as a starting point to explore what feels important to the writers today
Documental documents British life in all its colours through playful, thought-provoking audio, theatre and musical productions, often inspired by interviews and archives.
Written by Ian Winterton
Cast: Thea Mackney, Conor Magee, Rosie Race, Heidi Parsons and Naomi Turner
Listen to the series