Robert Lindsay and Niamh Cusack star in tender, poignant drama about a collision of ordinary lives
Robert Lindsay and Niamh Cusack
ESSENTIAL listening on Christmas Day is Rachel Joyce’s tender new drama,
Christmas by the Lake.
It’s mid-November. Mary (Niamh Cusack) and Walter (Robert Lindsay), both in their 60s, meet by a lake in a city park. She’s making a Christmas list while Walter appears to be drowning. Mary calls for help.
They meet again by the lake. Walter is cross because he ended up being carted off to A&E and insists he was only swimming.