A masked man, puppets and the voices of a past era is all that was needed to tell an evocative story about life on the docks.

Custom House man Gavin Skerritt performed the first of three shows of his play EASTENDA, at the Museum in Docklands last Friday.
The one-man show portrays the life of an “ordinary” family living through the momentous changes that shaped the once isolated area.

Skerritt ingeniously uses puppets and a simple pulley system in his performance, which is narrated by interviews he recorded with family and friends as they describe Dock life.

“These people have gone through huge changes in their lives,” Skerritt said.
“Many of them lived with real poverty and really depended on each other – it was an intense life.”

The Wharf