Character Relationship Map: Whirligig

Characters

• Nicholas (played by Gregory Smith) — protagonist

  A floundering young man whose life is in ruins, Nicholas moves in with his parents at their seaside retirement home. He falls in love with Nina and, despite her wishes, befriends her 12-year-old son Q...

• Al (played by Brian Downey) — supporting

  Al is one of Nicholas's parents, with whom Nicholas comes to live at a seaside retirement home after his life falls apart. Nicholas's arrival disrupts the parents' peaceful retirement; the plot summar...

• Nina (played by Fiona Highet) — supporting

  Nina is a married woman who catches Nicholas's attention, but she is using him to get back at her cheating husband, Andre. Nicholas falls head over heels for her and tries to win her heart, even going...

• Viv (played by Jennifer Overton) — supporting

  Viv is one of Nicholas's parents, with whom Nicholas comes to live at a seaside retirement home after his life falls apart. Nicholas's arrival disrupts the parents' peaceful retirement; the plot summa...

• Andre (played by R.H. Thomson) — supporting

  Andre is Nina's husband, a prominent theater director whose cheating prompts Nina to use Nicholas as a means of getting back at him. His troubled marriage to Nina is the obstacle Nicholas hopes to exp...

• Quang (played by Siam Yu) — supporting

  Quang is Nina's 12-year-old son. Nicholas goes against Nina's wishes and strikes up a friendship with him, hoping to gather information that will help him charm Nina and win her heart. Quang is theref...