The Wreck explores estranged siblings returning to their seaside pub
Gabe Winsor’s *The Wreck* is a 50-minute multimedia drama about estranged siblings Eddie and Ira, whose tensions surface as they revisit their seaside childhood and the family pub after their parents’ deaths. The Guardian finds the production charming, inventive and accessibly staged, but says its emotional core does not fully land, leaving viewers insufficiently invested in the characters’ relationships.
Eddie returns to town while Ira remains in their childhood bedroom and runs the pub; they argue over parental favouritism, the business and Eddie’s new husband, alongside scuba dives and a quiet pub disco. Live camera work, puppetry, a fishtank model and atmospheric lighting create the underwater setting behind a translucent screen, accompanied by Faye James’s live accordion-and-electronica score; however, the underwater scenes sometimes drag and the land-based conversations can frustrate. The show runs at Summerhall, Edinburgh, until 31 August.
- Inventive sibling drama has charm but limited emotional impact.
- Multimedia staging vividly creates its underwater world.
- The Wreck runs at Summerhall until 31 August.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “The Wreck review – scuba drama about siblings under pressure”.