‘I keep thinking about you. Where will you go? When your nesting spots are gone because these cliffs are gone because the sea has risen because somewhere far-away whole countries made of ice have become water?’

It’s a worryingly warm May in a British coastal town. Sal is refusing to leave her home despite eviction orders; Nova won’t go to school; Billy is living in a corroding caravan; and Miriam is a carer by profession but has no idea how best to look after her own daughter. Tensions and sea levels are rising rapidly around Sal’s cliff-edge bungalow – will the demolition crew or the ocean claim it first?

A brand-new play by Chloë Lawrence-Taylor, Driftweed is a captivating look at the places and the people we call home, and just how far we’ll go to stay with them.

Chloë Lawrence-Taylor returns to Hampstead after her 2025 sell-out success Personal Values. Júlia Levai makes her Hampstead directorial debut, her recent work includes The Waves (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Radiant Boy (Southwark Playhouse).