Two girls meet at a silent retreat by the ocean — a place meant for healing, but laced with unspoken danger. As they navigate the lingering trauma of sexual assault and familial loss, their connection deepens in quiet gestures, smudged colors, and stolen glances. The stage becomes a living canvas — red, blue, and yellow smeared across bodies and space — leading to a tender kiss painted rather than spoken. As the natural world around them begins to unravel, so too does the past, creeping into the present. Will they find the courage to reach for each other again, when every past attempt has ended in silence, separation, or shame.
Tide’s two-week run at 2024 Edinburgh Fringe received glowing audience responses, described as “tender,” “nuanced,” “sincere,” “a very gentle duet of lost and unrealised love,” and “a slow but graceful drama.”