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Synopsis:
Based on the successful and hilarious debut novel by Joe Dunthorn, Submarine is a comic coming of age stor. Set in Wales, it is a portrait of a boy on the brink of manhood. The story of Oliver Tate's 15th year combines delusion and insight, worldliness and childish innocence to heartbreaking and hilarious effect. Oliver; In his head he's a cool, literary genius. In reality he's socially inept and unpopular. Convinced that his father is depressed ("Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner") and his mother is having an affair with her capoeira teacher, "a hippy-looking twonk", he embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile, he is also trying to lose his virginity - before he turns sixteeen - to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana. Will Oliver succeed in either aim? Submerge yourself in Submarine and find out... Dunthorne's novel has drawn comparisons with JD Salinger's classic teen angst tale Catcher In The Rye.
Paddy's role:
TBC
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