Glacier
Old Fire Station, Oxford

TRUE to Oxford’s Old Fire Station tradition, Glacier is an original, alternative Christmas drama following the fortunes and friendships of three women over 15 years. 

All three have been drawn to a deserted lake to escape the pressures and expectations of Christmas Day and for a spot of wild swimming. The unlikely friendship gradually bonds the group around annual Christmas swims, intercut by national and international snippets of news identifying the year and contrasting with their domestic dramas.

With the passing of the years the women reveal ever more about themselves as the trust in their fellow swimmers develops. The wild swimming not only provides opportunities for imaginative and comic physical theatre but also acts as a metaphor for stripping away the masks that keep them afloat in the wider world.