Can there be anything more British than a seaside caravan holiday? Surely this is the only nation whose idea of escape is staying on a neatly laid-out plot facing a sea breeze while politely tolerating the neighbours and hoping for sun.
But not so. When playwright David Greig showed his new play, Two Sisters, to theatres in Sweden and Australia, they recognised the scenario instantly. He had based this wistful comedy on his memories of childhood stays in Lossiemouth and with his own children in North Berwick, not to mention his familiarity with Pettycur Bay near where he lives and the subject of the BBC reality TV series Life On The Bay.
But his international colleagues said their audiences would know exactly what he was talking about. [READ MORE]