Backstroke

By Anna Mackmin

An extraordinary play that puts the audience inside the maelstrom of its characters' lives...a multifaceted portrait of motherhood. --Arts Desk

Bo is busy balancing the pressures of work and the needs of her struggling daughter. When her mother, the irrepressible force-of-nature Beth, is admitted to hospital following a stroke, the practical realities of the present collide with the complexities of their past.

Backstroke is a kaleidoscopic and compassionate play that offers a heartfelt, unsentimental portrayal of the slippery cord of maternal connection (The Stage).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839043997
• ISBN13: 9781839043994
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.7"