As teenagers, Emma, Joe and Polko thought they’d never grow apart. Then time passed. When Emma returns to the suburb of their childhood ten years later she discovers nothing, and everything, has changed. Joe is stuck, living with his mum while working part-time in a hotel; and Polko has vanished, leaving a cloud of stories and misremembered nights in his wake. Set in the front-seats of a parked car, Polko is a modern memory play about the places we call home, and the people we leave behind.
Writer
Angus Harrison
Director
Emily Ling Williams
Cast
Rosie Dwyer
John Macneill
Elliot Norman
Set designer
Evelyn Cromwell
Sound designer
Lung Dart
Lighting designer
Luca Panetta
Stage manager
Ella Godbold-Holmes
Dates
Summerhall – 2 – 27 August 2023