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Bathwater

Vicky Foster tells her own story in Bathwater, with Finlay McGuigan as Joseph and a sound score composed and played by Broken Orchestra - Pat Dooner and Carl Conway-Davis.

Bathwater explores poet Vicky Foster's real-life experiences of what happens when violence spills over into family life. What's the impact on a son of having a violent father he never really knew? How does society view those whose partners are violent?

'Do I walk like him? Do I talk like him? Is my body the same shape?

Written and performed by Vicky Foster
With Finlay McGuigan as Joseph

Sound score composed and played by Broken Orchestra - Pat Dooner and Carl Conway-Davis
Bathwater is a BBC Drama North production, directed by Susan Roberts

44 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Feb 202014:45
BBC Radio 4

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  • Tue 5 Mar 201914:15
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  • Sat 1 Feb 202014:45
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