The Crossing

The Crossing bridges the past and the present and

connects Wales with America, as it tells of coal owners

and coal workers in the age of great transatlantic liners

and fortunes to be made.

At its heart is a father’s search for his daughter in

Welsh valleys no longer proud, where creaming off

regeneration grants has replaced coal mining as a

way of life and development parks now stand where

once did pit head wheels. It follows a lifetime’s search

for lost love, the sinking of a great ship in a great war,

misplaced family and forlorn hopes where individual

lives are shaped and fated in the shadow of modernity

and the cold hand of progress.

This brave, bold and challenging work conjures a vivid

cast of characters into being and offering – with ready

vim and ample vigour – their compelling, complex and

ultimately telling story.