Where the Mangrove Grows

<i>Families? Been it - seen it - done it. Got the badge. And Shaun I'll tell you this for nothing it's one big con job.<br/></i><br/>Twelve year-old Shaun just can't work it out. Why hasn't his Mum come to visit? Why has his care-worker taken his picturebook? And who is the man at the window calling him away? With a bed for a boat and a skirting board oar Shaun sets off for the mangrove swamps in this darkly enchanting tale of a lost boy's transformation.<br/> <br/>A brave and startling vision of neglect from Royal Court Studio writer Joe Hammond offering a uniquely imaginative take on invisible young lives. <br/><br/><i>Where the Mangrove Grows</i> premiered at Theatre 503 on 6 November 2012 in a co-production between Theatre 503 and Number Nine Theatre.