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Driftwood review – emotions dialled up to 11 in Trinidadian tale of longing by David Jays

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonA 1950s Port of Spain setting simmers with political change and family tension in Martina Laird’s debut playThe air hangs heavy in Alma, a drinking club in 1950s Port of Spain, Trinidad. Heat and rum bring their own kind of languor – but in Martina Laird’s play, change is coming, both within a fractured family and in the wider world.Alma is managed by a mother and daughter. E…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35AM on April 30, 2026

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