One day two Fish BUMP into each other. A Heron watches on silent, but these two pesky swimmers still find time to play and have fun…

Have you ever been curious what life is like beneath the surface of the water? What do these pesky Fish get up to and how do they spend their time? Fish do not have cigarettes and black coffee like us, so what on earth do they find to get them through each day?

‘Pond Life’ is a tale about two Fish who become unlikely friends as they struggle to survive a heron’s reign of terror. Their only defence left is one another and their ability to talk nonsense. Their witticisms, the games they play and their digressions is all that remains of their sanity. Yet amid their absurd games, they stumble upon a profound truth. Will this discovery keep them together, or send them swimming their separate ways?

Created by Lineover Productions and written and directed by Edward Burgess, ‘Pond Life’ is a brilliant blend between Lineover’s nature-centred approach to storytelling and Edward’s love of the absurd.

Lineover Productions is a Manchester-based production company founded by three multidisciplinary artists. Drawing upon folklore, Lineover foregrounds the natural world to explore our relationship with the earth. ‘Pond Life’ is the first play created by Lineover Productions and Edward Burgess, and they are delighted to bring it to life at the superb Anthony Burgess Foundation.

Don’t miss out on this ‘fishy’ play. What are you waiting for? Swim on down and take the bait.