Theatre & Performance Projects

 

30th September 2023 | Totnes United Free Church

Presented with help from Dartington Arts

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I joined Strange Futures Theatre Co. to perform Slow-Cooked Stories in Totnes.

Participants are invited to a dinner party to hear stories and snippets of memories about food, recipes and eating together, gathered from the local community, and to sample tasters from these recipes, cooked by a professional chef on site.

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27th July 2023 | Worcester Fringe Festival

Directed by Aaron Corbett

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Cloth Ears  appeared in a showcase of five new plays (The Debut) produced by

Crave Arts  at The Studio, The Swan Theatre, Worcester.  

Jim (Lance Woodman) is in hospital after a fall. Rose Almond (Susan Davidson), a burnt out social worker has arranged interim care for him in a care home and is trying to finish paperwork before he leaves the ward. Neither listen to one another. Believing he is capable of returning home, Jim resists her plans. As their discussion develops, they begin to hear to one another.

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Image: Wix media

 

 

27th April 2023 | The Hive Café & Bakery, Vittoria Street (part of Ruskin Mill Trust)

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I joined Strange Futures Theatre Co. to perform Slow-Cooked Stories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

Participants are invited to a dinner party to hear stories and snippets of memories about food, recipes and eating together, gathered from the local community, and to sample tasters from these recipes, cooked by a professional chef on site.

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3rd - 4th February 2023  Malvern Cube | 6th Feb.  Worcester University

 

I am a writer, researcher and performer in the debut performance of Tree Rings, developed and produced by Strange Futures Theatre Company.

This performance observes the world of trees and explores human relationships with them by telling the story of Robin who was born and raised in a forest. Through the decades  he encounters significant trees  across the globe and comes into contact with conservationists in the form of tree huggers and activists protesting on behalf of trees. The story is told through physical theatre, animation, puppetry and shadows. 

 

Image: representation of the tree-hugging women who founded the Chipko Movement

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30th August 2022 | Kensington & Chelsea Festival

 

I joined Strange Futures to take Slow Cooked Stories from Worcestershire to Chelsea Theatre, London as part of the 'Chelsea Theatre 18 Shows' for the Kensington & Chelsea Festival 2022.

A performance for two new audiences around a table listening to stories of food and recipes, originally from people in Worcestershire with a variety of new stories added form people local to the theatre and eating food inspired by the script and cooked within the show.

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Image Alex Lake (also performer)

(R to L: Jane George, Matt Simmonds, Mollie Guilfoyle, Margaret Adkins, Will Moore)

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28th July 2022 | Worcester Fringe Festival

 

Within a showcase of new writing, thanks to Crave Arts 'On The Verge' project, Another Brief Encounter is a ten-minute play set on the 9.08 train from Great Malvern to Birmingham New Street, where two strangers meet.  Rod, a vet with a passion for his work finds himself opposite Anne, an older woman. A conversation develops from the perspective of a mother's son and a son's mother.

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26th - 27th May 2022 | Malvern Cube

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I am writer, researcher and performer for Midlands-based theatre company,

Strange Futures for this immersive performance: a presentation of shared memories from local people around food, family recipes and significant meals, with taster dishes inspired by some of the stories. 

This is the second part of The Whole World Is Invited To Dinner project.

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27th - 29th January 2022 | Malvern Cube

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I am writer and performer for Midlands-based theatre company 

Strange Futures for this live performance of: Stories, Clowning, Digital Animation, Audience Participation and young people's words from a local Primary School.

This is the first part of The Whole World Is Invited To Dinner project.

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Saturday 10th July 2021 | The Swan Theatre, Worcester

Directed by Steve Wilson  |  Lee Farley as George  |  Leah Adkins as Nellie

Presented by Crave Arts | Supported by Worcester Live

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My debut stage play: one 30 minute play in a set of four by different writers, exploring love as a theme; chosen by Crave Arts for performance in their 'Whisper to Voice' project, giving new writers a platform.

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My Boy pays homage to my northern roots. It is set in Royton, a Lancashire mill town in 1933. Focused on a family's relationships, this historical lens explores the outcome of authoritarian parenting. A father and daughter are haunted by consequences of past choices.

It is a case of: 'Be careful what you wish for'...

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Image: Chris Ford

Lee Farley, Leah Adkins

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August 2019

Site-specific, Audio Immersive Performance  | Performance as Research

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We're Just Ghosts in This House  Constructing an explorative theatrical space within living space |  Creating heterotopia to experience Edwardian and contemporary living in neighbouring dwellings. Find Out More

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