Ben Tricklebank’s drama short debut Champ initially presents as a classic awkward encounter between an absent, disengaged father and his teenage son but what eventually plays out is a deafeningly abrupt and shocking turn. Champ had a tricky road to completion with Covid shutdowns forcing a halt on more than one occasion before a determined Tricklebank made the decision to rewrite, re-cast and relocate the entire production over to the USA from its initial UK based origins. What became clear in that process was that the core story of a toxic relationship between a father and son remained just as powerful, with in fact the desolate and bleak Southern California landscape adding narrative depth to the strained and dejected relationship which unfolds on this fateful trip. Ahead of Champ’s premiere on Dn today, we sat down with Tricklebank to learn more about the project’s beginnings and the...
- 4/4/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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